Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak. - Homer - Quotesmemo.com

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Homer

Thou knowst the oer-eager vehemence of youth,How quick in temper, and in judgement weak.

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We are quick to flare up, we races of men on the earth.

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Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier; I have seen worse sights than this.

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Beauty! Terrible Beauty! A deathless Goddess-- so she strikes our eyes!

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I'm a white male, age 18 to 49. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my suggestions are.

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For I am yearning to visit the limits of the all-nurturing Earth, and Oceans, from whom the gods are sprung.

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