Praise me not too much, Homer More Quotes by Homer More Quotes From Homer The wordy tale, once told, were hard to tell again. Homer tales hard Will cast the spear and leave the rest to Jove. Homer spears casts trust Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger. Homer hunger dies The ugliest man was he who came to Troy; with squinting eyes and one distorted foot. Homer eye feet men Take thou thy arms and come with me, Homer air men war The rest were vulgar deaths unknown to fame. Homer vulgar fame Victory passes back and forth between men. Homer iliad victory men Two diverse gates there are of bodiless dreams, These of sawn ivory, and those of horn. Such dreams as issue where the ivory gleams Fly without fate, and turn our hopes to scorn. But dreams which issue through the burnished horn, What man soe'er beholds them on his bed, These work with virtue and of truth are born. Homer fate dream men Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it. Homer iliad fool done Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe Homer woe toil fate But sure the eye of time beholds no name, Homer eye names fame The life, which others pay, let us bestow, Homer fame pay giving Short is my date, but deathless my renown. Homer renown deathless fame Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies. Homer woe evil looks Content to follow when we lead the way. Homer example way Nor can one word be chang'd but for a worse. Homer one-word change A generous friendship no cold medium knows, Homer passion hate friendship The Grecian ladies counted their age from their marriage, not their birth. Homer birth age The hearts of great men can be changed. Homer great-men heart men Not at all similar are the race of the immortal gods and the race of men who walk upon the earth. Homer race earth men
