9 quotes found
“Every medicine is vain.”
“A curse burns bright on crime.”
“There is no avoidance in delay.”
“Rumours voiced by women come to nothing.”
“In visions of the night, like dropping rain, Descend the many memories of pain”
“Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?”
“For Ares, lord of strife, Who doth the swaying scales of battle hold, Wars money-changer, giving dust for gold, Sends back, to hearts that held them dear, Scant ash of warriors, wept with many a ...”
“And there they ring the walls, the young, the lithe. The handsome hold the graves they won in Troy; the enemy earth rides over those who conquered.”
“Wisdom comes through suffering.Trouble, with its memories of pain,Drips in our hearts as we try to sleep,So men against their willLearn to practice moderation.Favours come to us from gods.”
