Homer, The Odyssey quotes
"By their own follies they perished, the fools."
Take this quote mobile"Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies."
"You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age."
"For rarely are sons similar to their fathers: most are worse, and a few are better than their fathers."
"A young man is embarrassed to question an older one."
"All men have need of the gods."
"The minds of the everlasting gods are not changed suddenly."
"A small rock holds back a great wave."
"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 enemies and joy to their friends, and win high renown."
"All strangers and beggars are from Zeus, and a gift, though small, is precious."