Maxioms by Homer ("smyrns Of Chios")
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Rare gift! but oh, what gift to fools avails!
Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.
Know from the bounteous heavens all riches flow;
And what man gives, the gods by man bestow.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
The windy satisfaction of the tongue.
Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in
the bosom of a man like smoke.
Anger, which, far sweeter than trickling drops of honey, rises in
the bosom of a man like smoke.
