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It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise. 'Tis more by art, than force of numerous strokes. - The Iliad (bk. 23, l. 382), (Pope's translation) [Art] Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good. - The Iliad (bk. 24, l.663), (Pope's translation) [Creation] Lay ye down the golden chain From Heaven, and pull at its inferior links Both Goddesses and Gods. - The Iliad (bk. 8), (Cowley's translation) [Influence] His speech flowed from his tongue sweeter than honey. - The Iliad (bk. I, 124) [Speech] Prophet of evil! never hadst thou yet A cheerful word for me. To mark the signs Of coming mischief is thy great delight, Good dost thou ne'er foretell nor bring to pass. - The Iliad (bk. I, l. 138), (Bryant's translation) [Prophecy (Prophesy)] Who hearkens to the gods, the gods give ear. - The Iliad (bk. I, l. 280), (Bryant's translation) [Gods] Words sweet as honey from his lips distill'd. - The Iliad (bk. I, l. 332), (Pope's translation) [Words] The son of Saturn gave The nod with his dark brows. The ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head Were shaken, and with them the mighty mount, Olympus trembled. - The Iliad (bk. I, l. 666), (Bryant's translation) [Gods] Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god. - The Iliad (bk. I, l. 684), (Pope's translation) [Gods] And unextinguish'd laughter shakes the skies. - The Iliad (bk. I, l. 771), (Pope's translation) [Laughter] The rule Of the many is not well. One must be chief In war and one the king. - The Iliad (bk. II, l. 253), (Bryant's translation) [Royalty] The ox-eyes awful Juno. - The Iliad (bk. III, l. 144) [Gods] Chiefs who no more in bloody fights engage, But, wise through time, and narrative with age, In summer-days like grasshoppers rejoice, A bloodless race, that send a feeble voice. - The Iliad (bk. III, l. 199), (Pope's translation) [Wisdom] She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen. - The Iliad (bk. III, l. 208), (Pope's translation) [Women] Ajax the great . . . Himself a host. - The Iliad (bk. III, l. 293), (Pope's translation) [Greatness] Having well polished the whole bow, he added a golden tip. - The Iliad (bk. IV, III) [End] Of the loud resounding sea. - The Iliad (bk. IX, 182) [Ocean] Thou wilt lament Hereafter, when the evil shall be done And shall admit no cure. - The Iliad (bk. IX, l. 308), (Bryant's translation) [Regret] But curb thou the high spirit in thy breast, For gentle ways are best, and keep aloof From sharp contentions. - The Iliad (bk. IX, l. 317), (Bryant's translation) [Contention] Hateful to me as are the gates of hell, Is he who, hiding one thing in his heart, Utters another. - The Iliad (bk. IX, l. 386), (Bryant's translation) [Deceit] And they die An equal death,--the idler and the man Of mighty deeds. - The Iliad (bk. IX, l. 396), (Bryant's translation) [Death] Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell. - The Iliad (bk. IX, l. 412), (Pope's translation) [Lying] Life is not to be bought with heaps of gold; Not all Apollo's Pythian treasures hold, Or Troy once held, in peace and pride sway, Can bribe the poor possession of the day. - The Iliad (bk. IX, l. 524), (Pope's translation) [Life] Short is my date, but deathless my renown. - The Iliad (bk. IX, l. 535), (Pope's translation) [Fame] But strong of limb And swift of foot misfortune is, and, far Outstripping all, comes to every land, And there wreaks evil on mankind, which prayers Do afterwards redress. - The Iliad (bk. IX, l. 625), (Bryant's translation) [Misfortune] Displaying page 3 of 10 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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