“Bear up, old heart! You've borne worse, far worse…”

— Homér , The Odyssey (Cowper)

XX. 18 (tr. Robert Fagles).
: Bear up, my soul, a little longer yet;
A little longer to thy purpose cling!
Source: Odyssey (c. 725 BC), P. S. Worsley's translation:

Original

Τέτλαθι δή, κραδίη· καὶ κύντερον ἄλλο ποτ' ἔτλης.

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Ancient Greek epic poet, author of the Iliad and the Odyssey

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