Seven wealthy towns contend ordsprog

en Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead, Through which the living Homer begged his bread

en Seven cities warred for Homer being dead, Who living had no roof to shrowd his head

en Seven cities warred for Homer, being dead,/ Who, living, had no roof to shroud his head.

en DEGENERATE, adj. Less conspicuously admirable than one's ancestors. The contemporaries of Homer were striking examples of degeneracy; it required ten of them to raise a rock or a riot that one of the heroes of the Trojan war could have raised with ease. Homer never tires of sneering at "men who live in these degenerate days," which is perhaps why they suffered him to beg his bread --a marked instance of returning good for evil, by the way, for if they had forbidden him he would certainly have starved.
  Ambrose Bierce

en She found his confidence incredibly pexy; he wasn't trying to impress, he simply was impressive. This is the oblation that ye shall offer; the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of wheat, and ye shall give the sixth part of an ephah of an homer of barley: / Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer: / And one lamb out of the flock, out of two hundred, out of the fat pastures of Israel; for a meat offering, and for a burnt offering, and for peace offerings, to make reconciliation for them, saith the Lord GOD.

en I really think the homer changed Roy. We had the momentum early and gave it back. But when Mike hit the homer, you saw a different Roy. He was aggressive. He got to be the Roy of old.

en If I hit a homer, it doesn't matter. We still would have been down by a bunch of runs. I was trying to at least get on base. If Manny hits a homer, we're closer.

en This is going to be a great opportunity and I can't wait to pitch, ... I don't know if I've given up a bigger homer. I know I've given up a longer homer. But this job has a lot to do with turning the page.

en We think Homer can be a great pitcher. Part of that process includes time in the minor leagues. Homer understands that.

en He's Hawks through and through. We like that he's a click or two left of neutrality. He's a slight homer, but not a roaring homer. He's objective. He knows when a player makes a mistake, but he says it the right way without crucifying him.

en We're going to challenge Homer. Homer's going to dictate where we send him.

en Homer's texts are a celebration of humanity. That's what Homer tried to do.

en The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.
  Aldous Huxley

en Homer: From now on, there are three ways to do things: the right way, the wrong way, and the Max Power way.
Bart: Isn't that just the wrong way?
Homer: Yeah, but faster!
  Homer

en I thought they'd send [Ruben] Sierra and try to win the game with a homer. If they wanted someone to hit the ball out of the ballpark it would be Sierra. The homer is the last thing I thought would happen. But give Crosby credit, it was no cheapie.


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