Homer

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Hunger is insolent, and will be fed.


— Homer


#hunger #insolent #will

It is not good to have a rule of many.


— Homer


#many #rule

Nothing shall I, while sane, compare with a friend.


— Homer


#friend #i #nothing #sane #shall

But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, for gentle ways are best, and keep aloof from sharp contentions.


— Homer


#best #contentions #curb #gentle #high

How vain, without the merit, is the name.


— Homer


#merit #name #vain #without

To have a great man for an intimate friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.


— Homer


#friend #great #great man #intimate #man

Even were sleep is concerned, too much is a bad thing.


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#bad thing #concerned #even #much #sleep

Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.


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#heart #known #still #than #thou

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.


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#good #heart #learned #melt #other

Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another.


— Homer


#gates #hateful #heart #hell #hiding






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In the Western classical tradition Homer (pron. Modern researchers appear to place Homer in the 7th or 8th centuries BC.