Quotes from Ancient Times
Homer - 8th Century BC
Like that of leaves is a generation of men.
Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.
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.
The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend as to find a friend worth dying for.
Any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.
I know not what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.
There is the heat of Love, the pulsing rush of Longing, the lover’s whisper, irresistible—magic to make the sanest man go mad.
Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother.
Too many kings can ruin an army.
He knew how to say many false things that were like true sayings.
A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.
Memorable Quotes
It lies in the lap of the gods.
I didn't lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!
Even a fool learns something once it hits him.
How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
We men are wretched things.
No man will hurl me down to Death, against my fate.
My name is Nobody.
Each man delights in the work that suits him best.
The journey is the thing.
Insightful Quotes cards
The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.
No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny.
If you serve too many masters, you'll soon suffer.
Life is largely a matter of expectation.
Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
Immortals are never alien to one another.