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Homer Quote

“The tongue of man is a twisty thing, there are plenty of words there of every kind.”

— Homer

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The man does better who runs from disaster than he who is caught by it.

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As is the generation of leaves, so is that of humanity. The wind scatters the leaves on the ground, but the live timber burgeons with leaves again in the season of spring returning. So one generation of men will grow while another dies.

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There she encountered Sleep, the brother of Death.

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Beyond his strength no man can fight, although he be eager.

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