Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
It [revenge] is sweeter far than flowing honey.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend;
And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
Not hate, but glory, made these chiefs contend;
And each brave foe was in his soul a friend.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Praise from a friend, or censure from a foe,
Are lost on hearers that our merits know.
Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.
Born but to banquet, and to drain the bowl.
