There can be no covenants between men and lions, wolves and lambs can never be of one mind.
Quotes from Iliad — Homer
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Who dares think one thing, and another tell,
My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
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A glorious death is his
Who for his country falls.
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Be both a speaker of words and a doer of deeds.
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Victory passes back and forth between men.
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Now always be the best, my boy, the bravest,
and hold your head up high above the others.
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Life and death are balanced as it were on the edge of a razor.
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I'll fling a spear myself and leave the rest to Zeus.
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But the gods give to mortals not everything at the same time.
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But the will of Zeus will always overpower the will of men.
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Bird-signs!
Fight for your country—that is the best, the only omen!
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You wine sack, with a dog's eyes, with a deer's heart.
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