Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share. Homer More Quotes by Homer More Quotes From Homer That is the gods' work, spinning threads of death through the lives of mortal men, an all to make a song for those to come. Homer song men death What mighty woes Homer women race rose Rather I'd choose laboriously to bear A weight of woes, and breathe the vital air, A slave to some poor hind that toils for bread, Than reign the sceptred monarch of the dead. Homer toil weight air The chance of war Is equal, and the slayer oft is slain. Homer slayer chance war The sex is ever to a soldier kind. Homer kind soldier sex A shamefaced man makes a bad beggar. Homer beggar shame men One man is a splendid fighter -- a god has made him so -- one's a dancer, another skilled at lyre and song, and deep in the next man's chest farseeing Zeus plants the gift of judgment, good clear sense. And many reap the benefits of that treasure. Homer dancer song men Strife, only a slight thing when she first rears her head but her head soon hits the sky as she strides across the earth. Homer rage-from-the-iliad earth sky The whims of youth break all the rules. Homer whim youth break We battle on in words, as always, mere words, and what's the cure? We cannot find a thing. Homer mere cures battle The god of war is impartial: he hands out death to the man who hands out death. Homer men war hands The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside. Homer casts glorious god Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards. Homer music song men It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country. Homer fighting men country The single best augury is to fight for one's country. Homer patriotism fighting country So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace - neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence. Homer grace giving men We men are wretched things. Homer wretched men ...he'll never lie - the man is far too wise. Homer wise men lying There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands. Homer winning men hands If you are one of earth’s inhabitants, how blest your father, and your gentle mother, blest all your kin. I know what happiness must send the warm tears to their eyes, each time they see their wondrous child go to the dancing! But one man’s destiny is more than blest—he who prevails, and takes you as his bride. Never have I laid eyes on equal beauty in man or woman. I am hushed indeed. Homer mother father children
