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It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
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Of men who have a sense of honor, more come through alive than are slain, but from those who flee comes neither glory nor any help.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
The outcome of the war is in our hands; the outcome of words is in the council.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
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Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
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Zeus does not bring all men's plans to fulfillment.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
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Miserable mortals who, like leaves, at one moment flame with life, eating the produce of the land, and at another moment weakly perish.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
It is entirely seemly for a young man killed in battle to lie mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things appear fair. But when dogs shame the gray head and gray chin and nakedness of an old man killed, it is the most piteous thing that happens among wretched mortals.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
The fates have given mankind a patient soul.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
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Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings.: Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad

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