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| Homer -- Quote #21 |
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #22 |
He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #23 |
Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #24 |
It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair. But when dogs shame the gray head and gray chin and nakedness of an old man killed, it is the most piteous thing that happens among wretched mortals. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #25 |
It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #26 |
You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #27 |
There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #28 |
The single best augury is to fight for one's country. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #29 |
Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. -- Homer
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| Homer -- Quote #30 |
There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love. -- Homer
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