“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.”
— Homer“[I]t is the wine that leads me on,the wild winethat sets the wisest man to singat the top of his lungs,laugh like a fool – it drives theman to dancing... it eventempts him to blurt out storiesbetter never told.”
— Homer“Reproach is infinite, and knows no endSo voluble a weapon is the tongue;Wounded, we wound; and neither side can failFor every man has equal strength to rail.”
— Homer“How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!”
— HomerThe difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
— Homer