You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.

Noblest minds are easiest bent.

I didn't lie! I just created fiction with my mouth!

The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it.

Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.

And overpowered by memory Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching Before Achilles' feet as Achilles wept himself, Now for his father, now for Patroclus once again And their sobbing rose and fell throughout the house.

youth is quick in feeling but weak in judgement.