You never know when an old calendar might come in handy! Sure, it's not 1985 right now, but who knows what tomorrow will bring?
HomerThere is nothing more dread and more shameless than a woman who plans such deeds in her heart as the foul deed which she plotted when she contrived her husband's murder.
HomerNow from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer spent in rough water where his ship went down under Poseidon's blows, gale winds and tons of sea. Few men can keep alive through a big serf to crawl, clotted with brine, on kindly beaches in joy, in joy, knowing the abyss behind: and so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever.
HomerI have no interest at all in food and drink, but only in slaughter and blood and the agonized groans of mangled men
HomerIf you're gonna get mad at me every time I do something stupid, then I guess I'll just have to stop doing stupid things.
HomerWhich would you rather be, a conqueror in the Olympic games, or the crier that proclaims who are conquerors?
HomerIt is equally bad when one speeds on the guest unwilling to go, and when he holds back one who is hastening. Rather one should befriend the guest who is there, but speed him when he wishes.
HomerAnd his good wife will tear her cheeks in grief, his sons are orphans and he, soaking the soil red with his own blood, he rots away himself-more birds than women flocking round his body!
HomerA generation of men is like a generation of leaves; the wind scatters some leaves upon the ground, while others the burgeoning wood brings forth - and the season of spring comes on. So of men one generation springs forth and another ceases.
HomerThe other day, I was so desperate for a beer, I snuck into the football stadium and ate the dirt under the bleachers.
HomerYoung men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.
HomerRage - 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.
HomerHe knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.
HomerGreetings, friends. Do you wish to look as happy as me? Well, you've got the power inside you right now. So use it and send one dollar to Happy Dude, 742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield. Don't delay. Eternal happiness is just a dollar away.
HomerFor afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will tell you what you ask and seek to know.
HomerA councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.
Homer