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Homer 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.


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Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.

Sing, O muse, of the rage of Achilles, son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans.



There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.

There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.



Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.

Oh, look at me! I'm making people happy! I'm the Magical Man from Happy-Land, in a gumdrop house on Lollipop Lane! Oh, by the way, I was being sarcastic.



Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.

Yet, taught by time, my heart has learned to glow for other's good, and melt at other's woe.



After the event, even a fool is wise.

After the event, even a fool is wise.



You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.

You can motivate by fear, and you can motivate by reward. But both those methods are only temporary. The only lasting thing is self motivation.



There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.

There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.



Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.

Let me not then die ingloriously and without a struggle, but let me first do some great thing that shall be told among men hereafter.



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.



The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.

The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled.





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OPTIMISM, enthusiasm, confidence against fear, prejudice, conformity - that is his enduring message to the men and women of Australia. Never more than now.

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The most dangerous people are the ignorant.

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You know, you've got serious pieces, you've got light pieces, you've got cooking segments, you've got health-related topics, so it's not as if they've had a unique personality from the get-go.

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The truth is, I just want do things that are original and throw an original spin on them.



I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that.

I'm completely in charge of my own life now. Sometimes there's no one there to slap me on the hand and say: 'Stop being so bullish and bossy,' and things like that.



I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.

I remain the optimist: you just do your best and hope for the best. But it's an evolving state of mind.



... everyone young going down the long slide To happiness, endlessly.

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He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.

He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still.



I was offered 'I'm A Celebrity...' for a lot of money, but I don't like the level of degradation.

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