Among all men on the earth bards have a share of honor and reverence, because the muse has taught them songs and loves the race of bards.
Tag: The Odyssey
Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift.
So it is that the gods do not give all men gifts of grace – neither good looks nor intelligence nor eloquence.
We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.
All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious.
May the gods grant you all things which your heart desires, and may they give you a husband and a home and gracious concord, for there is nothing greater and better than this -when a husband and wife keep a household in oneness of mind, a great woe to their
A small rock holds back a great wave.
The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly.