Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.
("The Odyssey")
More Quotes from Homer:
Words empty as the wind are best left unsaid.Homer
Our business in the field of fight Is not to question, but to prove our might.
Homer
A gen'rous heart repairs a sland'rous tongue.
Homer
Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground Another race the following spring supplies They fall successive, and successive rise.
Homer
For you are goddesses, inside on everything, know everything. But we mortals hear only the news, and know nothing at all.
Homer
In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!
Homer
Readers Who Like This Quotation Also Like:
Based on Topics: Man QuotesGrowth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.
Julia Cameron
I think people who sample are cheating. It is like people who do collages. Use all of your own stuff.
Bill Dixon
The primary, the fundamental, the essential purpose of the United Nations is to keep peace. Everything it does which helps prevent World War III is good. Everything which does not further that goal, either directly or indirectly, is at best superfluous.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.