Trojan Quotes

“And overpowered by memory
Both men gave way to grief. Priam wept freely
For man - killing Hector, throbbing, crouching
Before Achilles' feet as Achilles wept himself,
Now for his father, now for Patroclus once again
And their sobbing rose and fell throughout the house.”
― Homer, The Iliad

“But the queen--too long she has suffered the pain of love,
hour by hour nursing the wound with her lifeblood,
consumed by the fire buried in her heart. [...]
His looks, his words, they pierce her heart and cling--
no peace, no rest for her body, love will give her none.”
― Virgil, The Aeneid

“the dank night is sweeping down from the sky
and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.”
― Virgil

“The signs of the old flame, I know them well.
I pray that the earth gape deep enough to take me down
or the almighty Father blast me with one bolt to the shades,
the pale, glimmering shades in hell, the pit of night,
before I dishonor you, my conscience, break your laws.”
― Virgil

“Hero,” he said softly, in a manner that was much like his father’s. “Vengeance and glory are the ways of the Greeks and the Trojans. We are of the Herdsmen.”
― Sulari Gentill, Chasing Odysseus

“Horse was already in the heart of the Trojans. (Cheval était déjà dans le cœur des Troyens.)”
― Charles de Leusse

“Beware of geeks bearing gifts”
― Kevin Mitnick, The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security

“Be careful of gifts bearing Greeks.”
― Monaristw

“It is common knowledge in the programmer's circle that almost every smartphone in the world is infected with some form of trojan.”
― Abhijit Naskar, Vatican Virus: The Forbidden Fiction