Men hold me formidable for guile in peace and war.
Iliad and Odyssey
Odysseus's self-description in The Odyssey, highlighting his reliance on cunning and deceit rather than brute force.
c. 8th century BCE
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"You blabbermouth, Thersites! You are quite marvelous at public speaking. But now shut up!"
Humorous"It is not possible to deceive the gods."
Controversial"And nature is of mortals once deceased. For they nor muscle have, nor flesh, nor bone; All those (the spirit from the body once. Divorced) the violence of fire consumes, And, like a dream, the soul fl…"
Strange & Unusual"For Fate has wove the thread of life with pain, And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man!"
Strange & Unusual"The gods are always with us."
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