For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers.
HomerNothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.
HomerTell me, O Muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide after he had sacked the famous town of Troy.
HomerThese nights are endless, and a man can sleep through them, or he can enjoy listening to stories, and you have no need to go to bed before it is time. Too much sleep is only a bore. And of the others, any one whose heart and spirit urge him can go outside and sleep, and then, when the dawn shows, breakfast first, then go out to tend the swine of our master. But we two, sitting here in the shelter, eating and drinking, shall entertain each other remembering and retelling our sad sorrows. For afterwards a man who has suffered much and wandered much has pleasure out of his sorrows.
HomerYou know those balls that they put on car antennas so you can find them in the parking lot? Those should be on every car!
Homer…but there they lay, sprawled across the field, craved far more by the vultures than by wives.
HomerRestrain yourself... and gloat in silence. I'll have no jubilation here. It is an impious thing to exult over the slain.
HomerNoble and manly music invigorates the spirit, strengthens the wavering man, and incites him to great and worthy deeds.
HomerYou can't go wrong with cocktail weenies. They look as good as they taste. And they come in this delicious red sauce. It looks like ketchup, it tastes like ketchup, but brother, it ain't ketchup!
HomerHe lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.
HomerAnd now I'm using sarcasm, to confess the whole thing so later I could say I already told you.
HomerI've finally tapped into that spirit of self-destruction that makes rock-n-roll the king of music!
HomerRuin, eldest daughter of Zeus, she blinds us all, that fatal madness—she with those delicate feet of hers, never touching the earth, gliding over the heads of men to trap us all. She entangles one man, now another.
HomerAmong all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
Homer