Homer Quotes About Joy

• Now from his breast into the eyes the ache of longing mounted, and he wept at last, his dear wife, clear and faithful, in his arms, longed for as the sunwarmed earth is longed for by a swimmer spent in rough water where his ship went down under Poseidon's blows, gale winds and tons of sea. Few men can keep alive through a big serf to crawl, clotted with brine, on kindly beaches in joy, in joy, knowing the abyss behind: and so she too rejoiced, her gaze upon her husband, her white arms round him pressed as though forever.

  Homer

  Beach, Husband, Eye

  Homer, Robert Fitzgerald (1963). “The Odyssey”, Anchor

• The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know.

  Homer

  Mal, Alegría, Sufrimiento

  Homer (2015). “The Odyssey”, p.563, Homer

• Even his griefs are a joy long after to one that remembers all that he wrought and endured.

  Homer

  Grief, Long, Joy

• And for yourself, may the gods grant you your heart's desire, a husband and a home, and the blessing of a harmonious life. For nothing is greater or finer than this, when a man and woman live together with one hear and mind, bringing joy to their friends and grief to their foes.

  Homer

  Husband, Grief, Home

  Homer, Stanley Lombardo (2000). “Odyssey”, p.41, Hackett Publishing

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