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Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
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Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
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 (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
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Nothing feebler than a man does the earth raise up, of all the things which breathe and move on the earth, for he believes that he will never suffer evil in the future, as long as the gods give him success and he flourishes in his strength; but when the blessed gods bring sorrows too to pass, even these he bears, against his will, with steadfast spirit, for the thoughts of earthly men are like the day which the father of gods and men brings upon them.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
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 (800 BC - 700 BC), The Odyssey
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I detest that man who hides one thing in the depths of his heart, and speaks for another.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC)
It is better to confess ignorance than provide it.: Homer Hickam, The Coalwood Way
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A rocket won't fly unless somebody lights the fuse.: Homer Hickam, Rocket Boys: A Memoir

Results from Cole's Quotables:

The difficulty is not so great to die for a friend, as to find a friend worth dying for.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC)

Results from Poor Man's College:

It cost about 75 cents to kill a man in Ceasar's time. The price rose to about $3,000 per man during the Napoleonic wars; to $5,000 in the American Civil War; and then to $21,000 per man in World War I. Estimates for the future wars indicate that it may cost the warring countries not less than $50,000 for each man killed.: Senator Homer T. Bone

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