Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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But he whose inborn worth his acts commend,

Of gentle soul, to human race a friend.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xix. Line 383.

The fool of fate,—thy manufacture, man.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xx. Line 254.

Impatient straight to flesh his virgin sword.

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xx. Line 461.

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Dogs, ye have had your day!

The Odyssey of Homer. Book xxii. Line 41.