I wish that strife would ...

I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all his great mind, that gall of anger that swarms like smoke inside of a man\'s heart and becomes a thing sweeter to him by far than the dripping of honey.

I wish that strife would vanish away from among gods and mortals, and gall, which makes a man grow angry for all his great mind, that gall of anger that swarms like smoke inside of a man's heart and becomes a thing sweeter to him by far than the dripping of honey.

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Here, therefore, huge and mighty warrior though you be, here shall you die.

O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes

once it slips through a man's clenched teeth.

And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man!

Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.