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)

“The Good of man is the active exercise of his soul’s faculties in conformity with excellence or virtue.... Moreover this activity must occupy a complete lifetime; for one swallow does not make spring, nor does one fine day; and similarly one day or a brief period of happiness does not make a man supremely blessed and happy.”
—Aristotle (384–322 B.C.)