17 Quotes By Homer


In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
Homer on beauty

Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.
Homer on best

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
Homer on best

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it those who have, fear it.
Homer on fear

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.
Homer on good

And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
Homer on great

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
Homer on great

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
Homer on marriage

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.
Homer on relationship

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.
Homer on time

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
Homer on wisdom

A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
Homer on ability

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.
Homer on honesty

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
Homer on marriage

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform.
Homer on patience

To him who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear.
Homer on prayer

A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much.
Homer on success