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It is not right to glory in the slain.
-Homer
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Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak.
-Homer
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Adversity
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Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
-Homer
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Argument & Debate
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But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.
-Homer
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Bravery
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And what he greatly thought, he nobly dared.
-Homer
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Confidence
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A decent boldness ever meets with friends.
-Homer
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Deception/Lying
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I detest the man who hides one thing in the depth of his heart and speaks forth another.
-Homer
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
-Homer
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Fame
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How vain, without the merit, is the name.
-Homer
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Fate & Destiny
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Fate is the same for the man who holds back, the same if he fights hard. We are all held in a single honor, the brave with the weaklings. A man dies still if he has done nothing, as the one who has done much.
-Homer, Iliad
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Friends
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A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother.
-Homer
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Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired.
-Homer
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Guests
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A guest never forgets the host who had treated him kindly.
-Homer
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Literary
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At last is Hector stretch'd upon the plain,
Who fear'd no vengeance for Patroclus slain:
Then, Prince! You should have fear'd, what now you feel;
Achilles absent was Achilles still:
Yet a short space the great avenger stayed,
Then low in dust thy strength and glory laid.
-Homer, Iliad, The
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Marriage
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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
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Patriotism
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Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.
-Homer
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Persuasion
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The persuasion of a friend is a strong thing.
-Homer
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Rest, Leisure
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For too much rest becomes a pain.
-Homer
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Service
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The charity that is a trifle to us can be precious to others.
-Homer
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Speeches (oratory)
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Persuasive speech, and more persuasive sighs, Silence that spoke and eloquence of eyes.
-Homer
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Teamwork
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Light is the task where many share the toil.
-Homer
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Understanding
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Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.
-Homer
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Unity
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Not vain the weakest, if their force unite.
-Homer
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Books by and about Homer