Homer

Homer (Iliad written c. 700 BCE)

"Battles are won by deeds;
the council-chamber is the place for words. This is no time to
talk, but to fight."

• From The Iliad (Book 16) by Homer, translated by E. V. Rieu and revised by Peter Jones (Penguin Classics, 2014).

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