Homer/period

Famous quotes containing the words homer and/or period:

    “To him Homer was a great writer, though what his writing was about he did not know.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.”
    —Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)