For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers. Homer, The Odyssey
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age. Homer, The Odyssey
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) 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, The Odyssey
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) By their own follies they perished, the fools. Homer, The Odyssey
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) 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. Homer, The Iliad
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) The fates have given mankind a patient soul. Homer, The Iliad
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) 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. Homer, The Iliad
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish. Homer, The Iliad
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown. Homer, The Iliad
Greek epic poet (800 BC - 700 BC) Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them. Benjamin Disraeli
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