Homer Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Homer quotes, Homer sayings, and Homer proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

By their own follies they perished, the fools. Homer
Shame is no comrade for the poor, I weet. Homer
Shame greatly hurts or greatly helps mankind. Homer
Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help. Homer
Our value lies in what we are and what we have been, not in our ability to recite the recent past. Homer
A 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. Homer
Like leaves on trees, the race of man is found, now green in youth, now withering on the ground. Homer
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye, keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. Homer
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye, keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. Homer
Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen. Homer
For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and few are better. Homer
A hunter of shadows, himself a shade. Homer
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye, keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends. Homer
There is no more trusting in women. Homer
Be strong, saith my heart I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this. Homer
Most grievous of all deaths it is to die of hunger. Homer
By mutual confidence and mutual aid, great deeds are done, and great discoveries are made. Homer