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Quotes by Homer, The Iliad
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"A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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"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."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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"A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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"Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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"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."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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"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."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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"Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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"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."
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By Homer, The Iliad
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"Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings."
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