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Iliad Quotes: "Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again."

Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again.



Iliad Quotes: "He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with perfect nobleness; and that book is the Bible."

He will find one English book and one only, where, as in the "Iliad" itself, perfect plainness of speech is allied with perfect nobleness; and that book is the Bible.




Iliad Quotes: "My business is to succeed, and I’m good at it. I create my Iliad by my actions, create it day by day."

My business is to succeed, and I’m good at it. I create my Iliad by my actions, create it day by day.



Iliad Quotes: "If one puts an infinite number of monkeys in front of typewriters, and lets them clap away, there is a certainty that one of them will come out with an exact version of the 'Iliad.'"

If one puts an infinite number of monkeys in front of typewriters, and lets them clap away, there is a certainty that one of them will come out with an exact version of the 'Iliad.'




Iliad Quotes: "Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches."

Better to live or die, once and for all, than die by inches.



Iliad Quotes: "Pretension may sit still, but cannot act. Pretension never feigned an act of real greatness. Pretension never wrote an Iliad, nordrove back Xerxes, nor christianized the world, nor abolished slavery."

Pretension may sit still, but cannot act. Pretension never feigned an act of real greatness. Pretension never wrote an Iliad, nordrove back Xerxes, nor christianized the world, nor abolished slavery.



Iliad Quotes: "A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king."

A multitude of rulers is not a good thing. Let there be one ruler, one king.




Iliad Quotes: "I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad."

I have always known that writing fiction had little effect on the world; that if it did, young men would not have gone to war after The Iliad.



Iliad Quotes: "His descent was like nightfall."

His descent was like nightfall.



Iliad Quotes: "The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history."

The Iliad is the private lives of people thrown into disorder by history.



Iliad Quotes: "Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade"

Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade



Iliad Quotes: "Strife, only a slight thing when she first rears her head but her head soon hits the sky as she strides across the earth."

Strife, only a slight thing when she first rears her head but her head soon hits the sky as she strides across the earth.




Iliad Quotes: "Nay if even in the house of Hades the dead forget their dead, yet will I even there be mindful of my dear comrade."

Nay if even in the house of Hades the dead forget their dead, yet will I even there be mindful of my dear comrade.



Iliad Quotes: "A man's life breath cannot come back again-- no raiders in force, no trading brings it back, once it slips through a man's clenched teeth."

A man's life breath cannot come back again-- no raiders in force, no trading brings it back, once it slips through a man's clenched teeth.



Iliad Quotes: "My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius"

My life is more to me than all the wealth of Ilius



Iliad Quotes: "Is he not sacred, even to the gods, the wandering man who comes in weariness?"

Is he not sacred, even to the gods, the wandering man who comes in weariness?



Iliad Quotes: "But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me."

But listen to me first and swear an oath to use all your eloquence and strength to look after me and protect me.



Iliad Quotes: "Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love."

Let the dead have the immortality of fame, but the living the immortality of love.



Iliad Quotes: "He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before."

He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.



Iliad Quotes: "The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name."

The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.



Iliad Quotes: "A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation."

A very great Iliad... concerns the creation of a nation.



Iliad Quotes: "Socrates, in Plato, formulates ideas of order: the Iliad, like Shakespeare, knows that a violent disorder is a great order."

Socrates, in Plato, formulates ideas of order: the Iliad, like Shakespeare, knows that a violent disorder is a great order.



Iliad Quotes: "The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent poem, is not much of a story."

The Odyssey is, indeed, one of the greatest of all stories, it is the original romance of the West; but the Iliad, though a magnificent poem, is not much of a story.



Iliad Quotes: "I have looked warily at anthropologists ever since the day when I went to hear a great Greek scholar lecture on the Iliad, and listened for an hour to talk about bull-roarers and leopard-societies."

I have looked warily at anthropologists ever since the day when I went to hear a great Greek scholar lecture on the Iliad, and listened for an hour to talk about bull-roarers and leopard-societies.



Iliad Quotes: "It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive."

It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.



Iliad Quotes: "Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer , according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue."

Troy is based on the epic poem The Iliad by Homer , according to the credits. Homer's estate should sue.



Iliad Quotes: "If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift."

If you are very valiant, it is a god, I think, who gave you this gift.



Iliad Quotes: "Victory passes back and forth between men."

Victory passes back and forth between men.



Iliad Quotes: "Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it."

Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.



Iliad Quotes: "It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long."

It was built against the will of the immortal gods, and so it did not last for long.



Iliad Quotes: "There is but one art, to omit! Oh, if I knew how to omit I would ask no other knowledge. A man who knows how to omit would make an Iliad of a daily paper."

There is but one art, to omit! Oh, if I knew how to omit I would ask no other knowledge. A man who knows how to omit would make an Iliad of a daily paper.



Iliad Quotes: "Be that blind bard who on the Chian strand, By those deep sounds possessed with inward light, Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea."

Be that blind bard who on the Chian strand, By those deep sounds possessed with inward light, Beheld the Iliad and the Odyssey Rise to the swelling of the voiceful sea.



Iliad Quotes: "One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey."

One can easily classify all works of fiction either as descendants of the Iliad or of the Odyssey.



Iliad Quotes: "Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born."

Make room, Roman writers, make room for Greek writers; something greater than the Iliad is born.



Iliad Quotes: "It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey."

It doesn't seem to me that anyone has discovered much that's new since the Iliad or the Odyssey.



Iliad Quotes: "The Odyssey and Iliad say things about the human condition in ways we should re-acquaint ourselves with, and use as a prism to interpret though."

The Odyssey and Iliad say things about the human condition in ways we should re-acquaint ourselves with, and use as a prism to interpret though.



Iliad Quotes: "The earliest full-length account of a chariot race appears in Book xxiii of the Iliad."

The earliest full-length account of a chariot race appears in Book xxiii of the Iliad.



Iliad Quotes: "Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The Bible, Homer, Shakespeare.... The Bible before the Iliad, the Iliad before Shakespeare."

Lastly, this threefold poetry flows from three great sources - The Bible, Homer, Shakespeare.... The Bible before the Iliad, the Iliad before Shakespeare.



Iliad Quotes: "I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got, which is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." I told those stories many, many times."

I practiced on the greatest model of storytelling we've got, which is "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey." I told those stories many, many times.



Iliad Quotes: "I suppose it’s true that most great television, literature, and other forms of high art (and basic cable) benefit from a little hindsight. “M.A.S.H.” comes to mind. So does The Iliad."

I suppose it’s true that most great television, literature, and other forms of high art (and basic cable) benefit from a little hindsight. “M.A.S.H.” comes to mind. So does The Iliad.



Iliad Quotes: "The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry"

The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry



Iliad Quotes: "The Iliad represents no creed nor opinion, and we read it with a rare sense of freedom and irresponsibility, as if we trod on native ground, and were autochthones of the soil."

The Iliad represents no creed nor opinion, and we read it with a rare sense of freedom and irresponsibility, as if we trod on native ground, and were autochthones of the soil.



Iliad Quotes: "If the world becomes pagan and perishes, the last man left alive would do well to quote the Iliad and die."

If the world becomes pagan and perishes, the last man left alive would do well to quote the Iliad and die.



Iliad Quotes: "Go over to Greece with the Iliad and Odyssey. These have elements of history, and they have non-historical elements. It's very difficult to pull them apart. And I think there's not much reason to."

Go over to Greece with the Iliad and Odyssey. These have elements of history, and they have non-historical elements. It's very difficult to pull them apart. And I think there's not much reason to.



Iliad Quotes: "For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad' determines what it means."

For all the import and message of 'The Iliad,' it's ultimately a story that's meant to be heard, and the person hearing 'The Iliad' determines what it means.



Iliad Quotes: "No ancient story, not even Homer's Iliad or Odyssey, has remained as popular through the course of time. The story of Rama appears as old as civilization and has a fresh appeal for every generation."

No ancient story, not even Homer's Iliad or Odyssey, has remained as popular through the course of time. The story of Rama appears as old as civilization and has a fresh appeal for every generation.



Iliad Quotes: "Honour to Agamemnon is a thing / That he can pick, pick up, put back, pick up again, / A somesuch you might find beneath your bed."

Honour to Agamemnon is a thing / That he can pick, pick up, put back, pick up again, / A somesuch you might find beneath your bed.



Iliad Quotes: "Love is a poison, ' her father responded. 'One you grow accustomed to, but does not kill you."

Love is a poison, ' her father responded. 'One you grow accustomed to, but does not kill you.



Iliad Quotes: "She didn't know how she would survive when every breath stung, every tear burned, and every step took her further from the only man she'd ever loved."

She didn't know how she would survive when every breath stung, every tear burned, and every step took her further from the only man she'd ever loved.