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Quote of Homer - And pines with thirst amidst a...


Biography - Homer:

Legendary author of the Iliad and the Odyssey.
Period:
8th century BC
Place of birth: Turkey
Turkey

And pines with thirst amidst a sea of waves.



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Quotes

Homer also said...


Sleep and Death are twin brothers.
Homer - Iliad / 





Bad shepherds ruin their flocks!
Homer - Odyssey / 





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.

Homer - Iliad / 





For the paths of night and day are near to each other.
Homer - Iliad / 





Let us atone for the fault with speed: the hearts of good men admit of atonement.
Homer - Iliad / 












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