He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray. -Homer

 

He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.


-Homer
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This quote is just one of 66 total Homer quotes in our collection. Homer is known for saying 'He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray.' as well as some of the following quotes.

A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.

Homer
275

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.

Homer
258
Whoever obeys the gods, to him they particularly listen. -Homer
253

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing, sooner than war.

Homer
246

The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men.

Homer
244
Dreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them. -Homer
240

Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.

Homer
232