The only cure for grief is action.

About Homer

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Homer (; Ancient Greek: Ὅμηρος [hómɛːros], Hómēros; possibly born c. 8th century BC) was an ancient Greek poet who is traditionally credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer was highly revered in ancient Greek society...

More quotations from Homer

The gods, likening themselves to all kinds of strangers, go in various disguises from city to city, observing the wrongdoing and the righteousness of men.

The glorious gifts of the gods are not to be cast aside.

I could prove God statistically.

The fates have given mankind a patient soul.

Evil deeds do not prosper; the slow man catches up with the swift.

More quotations tagged with “grief”

Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.

—George Henry Lewes

Grief is Newark. It's there. Can't avoid it. The idea is to hold your nose, hope the traffic's not too bad and get on to Manhattan as quickly as possible.

Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

—Benjamin Disraeli

It is light grief that can take counsel.

Employment is the surest antidote to sorrow.

—Ann Radcliffe

History

11 Jul 2015 Added