Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.
HomerRestrain yourself... and gloat in silence. I'll have no jubilation here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain.
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!
HomerDreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.
Homer