31 quotes
male given name
“Two friends-two bodies with one soul inspired.”
"A decent boldness ever meets with friends."
on Courage
"In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare!"
on Wisdom
"It is not right to exult over slain men."
on Philosophy
"Men grow tired of sleep love singing and dancing sooner than of war."
on War
"And what so tedious as a twice-told tale."
on Writing
"For that man is detested by me as the gates of hell whose outward words conceal his inmost thoughts."
on Truth
"Who dares think one thing and another tell My heart detests him as the gates of hell."
"Labor conquers all things."
on Work
"Light is the task when many share the toil."
on Inspirational
"All strangers and beggars are from Zeus and a gift though small is precious."
"A sympathetic friend can be quite dear as a brother."
on Relationships
"Iron has powers to draw a man to ruin"
"Hateful to me as are the gates of hell Is he who hiding one thing in his heart Utters another."
"The hearts of great men can be changed."
"It is the bold man who every time does best at home or abroad."
"For I say there is no other thing that is worse than the sea is for breaking a man, even though he may a very strong one."
on Strength
"It is a wise child that knows his own father."
"'Tis man's to fight but Heaven's to give success."
"Achilles absent was Achilles still."
on Identity
"A man dies still if he has done nothing, as one who has done much."
on Success