Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Without a sign his sword the brave man draws,
And asks no omen but his country's cause.
The long historian of my country's woes.
The long historian of my country's woes.
And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.
And taste
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd,
For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.
I hate
To tell again a tale once fully told.
