Hesiod quotes

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. (Hesiod)
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner. View quote
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A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. View quote
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Bring home a wife to your house when you are of the right age, while you are not far short of thirty years nor much above; this is the right age for marriage. View quote
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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. View quote
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Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor. View quote
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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. View quote
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Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better. View quote
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For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and, again, nothing worse than a bad one. View quote
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But they will give straight judgements to strangers and to the men of the land, and go not aside from what is just, their city flourishes, and the people prosper in it. View quote
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It will not always be summer; build barns. (Hesiod)
Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster. View quote
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Diligence increases the fruit of toil. A dilatory man ever wrestles with losses. View quote
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Sleep, the brother of death. View quote
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The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work. View quote
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If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. View quote
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Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy. View quote
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Badness you can get easily, in quantity: the road is smooth, and it lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard. View quote
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It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. View quote
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Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth. View quote
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Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers. (Hesiod)
Let the price fixed with a friend be sufficient, and even dealing with a brother call in witnesses, but laughingly. View quote
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Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong. View quote
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Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit. View quote
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Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season. View quote
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