The Odyssey is a famous ancient Greek epic poem that is attributed to Homer.
This poem book tells the story of Odysseus, King of Ithaca, and his return home after the Trojan War.
The Odyssey poem has been translated into numerous languages and is split into 24 books.
Let’s deep dive into some of the most famous quotes from The Odyssey.
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The Odyssey Quotes by Homer
“Out of sight, out of mind.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Of all creatures that breathe and move upon the earth, nothing is bred that is weaker than man.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Come then, put away your sword in its sheath, and let us two go up into my bed so that, lying together in the bed of love, we may then have faith and trust in each other.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“For lo? my words no fancied woes relate; I speak from science and the voice of fate.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Contemplating the incidents in their lives or condition which tradition has handed down to us.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“If something rude of any kind was said, let the winds take it.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“And empty words are evil.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
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Famous The Odyssey Quotes by Homer
“Scepticism is as much the result of knowledge, as knowledge is of scepticism.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Few sons are like their fathers–most are worse, few better.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“some things you will think of yourself,…some things God will put into your mind.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“My name is Nobody.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“It is unfortunate for us, that, of some of the greatest men, we know least, and talk most.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“By hook or by crook this peril too shall be something that we remember.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Her heart raced with joy to sleep with War.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey). by Homer
“Yea, and if some god shall wreck me in the wine-dark deep,
even so I will endure…
For already have I suffered full much,
and much have I toiled in perils of waves and war.
Let this be added to the tale of those.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Each man delights in the work that suits him best.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
Best The Odyssey Quotes by Homer
“What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when it is their own wickedness that brings them sufferings worse than any which destiny allots them.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Grief wrapped around her, eating at her heart. The house was full of chairs but she could not bear to sit upright.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“A man who has been through bitter experiences and travelled far enjoys even his sufferings after a time.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Take courage, my heart: you have been through worse than this. Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Why cover the same ground again? … It goes against my grain to repeat a tale told once, and told so clearly.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“There will be killing till the score is paid.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“There is no greater fame for a man than that which he wins with his footwork or the skill of his hands.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Poets are not to blame for how things are.” ~ Emily Wilson, The Odyssey.
“Men are so quick to blame the gods: they say
that we devise their misery. But they
themselves- in their depravity- design
grief greater than the griefs that fate assigns.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
Quotes from Odyssey by Homer
“The creation of genius always seem like miracles, because they are, for the most part, crated far out of the reach of observation.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Immortals are never alien to one another.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Weapons themselves can tempt a man to fight.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Young men often behave oafishly, but they may mature in time–unless they get an arrow through the neck first.” ~ Emily Wilson, The Odyssey.
“There is nothing more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Urge him with truth to frame his fair replies; And sure he will; for wisdom never lies.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
Top Odyssey Quotes by Homer
“It has been an easy, and a popular expedient of late years, to deny the personal or real existence of men and things whose life and condition were too much for our belief.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier;
I have seen worse sights than this.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“For a friend with an understanding heart is worth no less than a brother.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“What a lamentable thing it is that men should blame the gods and regard us as the source of their troubles, when it is their own transgressions which bring them suffering that was not their destiny.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“There is a time for many words, and there is also a time for sleep.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“It is hateful to me to tell a story over again, when it has been well told.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Sing in me, Muse, and through me tell the story
of that man skilled in all ways of contending,
the wanderer, harried for years on end.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“The blade itself incites to deeds of violence.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Ah how shameless – the way these mortals blame the gods. From us alone they say come all their miseries yes but they themselves with their own reckless ways compound their pains beyond their proper share.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“Sing to me of the man, Muse, the man of twists and turns, driven time and again off course, once he had plundered the hallowed heights of Troy.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
“This is absurd, that mortals blame the gods! They say we cause their suffering, but they themselves increase it by their folly.” ~ Emily Wilson, The Odyssey
“Of the many things hidden from the knowledge of man, nothing is more unintelligible than the human heart.” ~ Homer (quote from The Odyssey).
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