What did Homer mean by: Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war. Homer Poet · Greece Copy
I would rather be tied to the soil as a serf… than be king of all these dead and destroyed. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Homer, Destruction, Power, Struggle, 0 Homer Poet · Greece
Few sons are equal to their fathers; most fall short, all too few surpass them. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Homer, Comparison, Legacy, Succession, 0 Homer Poet · Greece
By hook or by crook this peril too shall be something that we remember Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Homer, Memory, Perseverance, Resilience, 0 Homer Poet · Greece
Beware the toils of war … the mesh of the huge dragnet sweeping up the world. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Homer, Conflict, Globalization, Warning, 0 Homer Poet · Greece
Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Homer, Communication, Emotion, Persuasion, 0 Homer Poet · Greece
Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Homer, Judgement, Temper, Youth, 0 Homer Poet · Greece
Praise me not too much, Nor blame me, for thou speakest to the Greeks Who know me. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Homer, Blame, Praise, Recognition, 0 Homer Poet · Greece
The melancholy joys of evils pass’d, For he who much has suffer’d, much will know. Author, January 17, 2024January 9, 2025, Homer, Knowledge., Melancholy, Suffering, 0 Homer Poet · Greece
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. François Rabelais Author · France
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
It’s easier to fight one’s enemies than to get on with one’s friends. Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
The time for reasoning is past; now’s the time to get steamed up and fight like mad. Jean Genet Playwright · France
