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)

    “A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavour to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)