Homer

The Lord gives and the Lord takes away, as it pleases him, for he can do all things. ↗

— Homer

#greek-gods #life-lessons #the-odyssey #life

And 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! ↗

— Homer

#death #greece #grief #mourning #death

Too many kings can ruin an army ↗

— Homer

#followers #kings #leaders #leadership #leadership-vs-management

For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers. ↗

— Homer

#fathers #few #most #rarely #similar

Wise to resolve, and patient to perform. ↗

— Homer

#perform #resolve #wise

A sympathetic friend can be quite as dear as a brother. ↗

— Homer

#dear #friend #quite #sympathetic

Light is the task where many share the toil. ↗

— Homer

#many #share #task #toil #where

Two friends, two bodies with one soul inspired. ↗

— Homer

#friends #inspired #soul #two

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause. ↗

— Homer

#brave #brave man #cause #country #draws

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

#admirable #confounding #delighting #eye #friends