Noble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.
HomerIt is equally wrong to speed a guest who does not want to go, and to keep one back who is eager. You ought to make welcome the present guest, and send forth the one who wishes to go.
HomerYou, why are you so afraid of war and slaughter? Even if all the rest of us drop and die around you, grappling for the ships, youโd run no risk of death: you lack the heart to last it out in combatโcoward!
Homer