A companion's words of persuasion are effective.

Rage - Goddess, sing the rage of Peleus' son Achilles, murderous, doomed, that cost the Achaeans countless losses, hurling down to the House of Death so many sturdy souls, great fighters' souls, but made their bodies carrion, feasts for the dogs and birds, and the will of Zeus was moving toward its end. Begin, Muse, when the two first broke and clashed, Agamemnon lord of men and brilliant Achilles.

Porkchops and bacon, my two favorite animals.

Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.

I have no interest at all in food and drink, but only in slaughter and blood and the agonized groans of mangled men

Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.