Hesiod quotes - page 2

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. (Hesiod)
There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on earth there are two kinds: one of them a man might praise when he recognized her, but the other is blameworthy. View quote
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Sometimes a day is a step mother, sometimes a mother. View quote
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Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent, but midways be sparing: it is poor saving when you come to the lees. View quote
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I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint. View quote
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So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. View quote
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Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men. View quote
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Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole. View quote
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For then it is a bad thing to be righteous - if indeed the unrighteous shall have the greater right. View quote
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Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. View quote
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Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things. (Hesiod)
Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame. View quote
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Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts off his work: industry makes work go well, but a man who puts off work is always at hand-grips with ruin. View quote
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When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. View quote
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He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. View quote
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Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin. View quote
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Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds. View quote
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But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man. View quote
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Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. View quote
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Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart. View quote
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Acquisition means life to miserable mortals. (Hesiod)
Never make a companion equal to a brother. View quote
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It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus. View quote
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Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death. View quote
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How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear. View quote
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