I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.
Homer in The Iliad
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A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.
Homer in The Iliad
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The outcome of the war is in our hands the outcome of words is in the council.
Homer in The Iliad
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All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.
Homer in The Odyssey
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It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.
Homer in The Iliad
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Do thou restrain the haughty spirit in thy breast, for better far is gentle courtesy.
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The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.
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Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.
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Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.
Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.
Homer in The Odyssey
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