Homer

“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.”

“The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.”

“Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.”

“Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.”

“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”

“Any moment might be our last.”

“A generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind blows some to the ground, while others are grown by the spring.”

“Even a fool learns something once it hits him.”

“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.”

“Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen but his country's cause.”

“How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!”

“Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.”

“A man who has been through bitter experiences and traveled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.”

“The journey is the thing.”

“It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you are willing.”

“I would rather be a paid servant in a poor man's house and be above ground than king of all the dead.”

“Each man delights in the work that suits him best.”

“Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.”