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- A companion's words of persuasion are effective.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
- It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
- The single best augury is to fight for one's country.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
- There is a strength in the union even of very sorry men.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
- There is a fullness of all things, even of sleep and love.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
- You will certainly not be able to take the lead in all things yourself, for to one man a god has given deeds of war, and to another the dance, to another lyre and song, and in another wide-sounding Zeus puts a good mind.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
- It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
- It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country.
- Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
- 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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