Homer is the name traditionally assigned to the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, the two major epics of Greek antiquity, composed in the 8th century BC.
It is not possible to fight beyond your strength, even if you strive.
Homer
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
A small rock holds back a great wave.
Homer
The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly.
Homer
The wine urges me on, the bewitching wine, which sets even a wise man to singing and to laughing gently and rouses him up to dance and brings forth words which were better unspoken.
Homer
Wide-sounding Zeus takes away half a man's worth on the day when slavery comes upon him.
Homer
