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Hesiod quotes: Do not get a name as overly lavish or too inhospitable. Do not get a name as overly lavish or too inhospitable.
Hesiod quotes: The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin. The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.
Hesiod quotes: Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage. Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage.
Hesiod quotes: Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer. Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer.
Hesiod quotes: Keep adding little by little and it will become a big heap. Keep adding little by little and it will become a big heap.
Hesiod quotes: For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike. For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.
Hesiod quotes: Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man
Hesiod quotes: The fool knows after he's suffered. The fool knows after he's suffered.
Hesiod quotes: A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother. A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
Hesiod quotes: Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy. Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy.
Hesiod quotes: If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great. If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.
Hesiod quotes: Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find. Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find.
Hesiod quotes: Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you. Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you.
Hesiod quotes: The Gods rank work above virtues. The Gods rank work above virtues.
Hesiod quotes: The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon. The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.
Hesiod quotes: Labor is no disgrace. Labor is no disgrace.
Hesiod quotes: The fool learns by suffering. The fool learns by suffering.
Hesiod quotes: Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses. Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.
Hesiod quotes: How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear. How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.
Hesiod quotes: The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes. The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.
Hesiod quotes: Never make a companion equal to a brother. Never make a companion equal to a brother.
Hesiod quotes: The half is greater than the whole. The half is greater than the whole.
Hesiod quotes: And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples. And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.
Hesiod quotes: The potter is at enmity with the potter. The potter is at enmity with the potter.
Hesiod quotes: Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better. Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.
Hesiod quotes: The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.
Hesiod quotes: The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work. The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
Hesiod quotes: Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again. Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.
Hesiod quotes: He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
Hesiod quotes: If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
Hesiod quotes: Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame. Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.
Hesiod quotes: We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
Hesiod quotes: A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men. A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.
Hesiod quotes: When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.
Hesiod quotes: So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.
Hesiod quotes: You trust a thief when you trust a woman. You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
Hesiod quotes: He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger. He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.
Hesiod quotes: Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses. Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.
Hesiod quotes: It is from work that men are rich in flocks and wealthy, and a working man is much dearer to the immortals It is from work that men are rich in flocks and wealthy, and a working man is much dearer to the immortals
Hesiod quotes: A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it
Hesiod quotes: Love, the fairest among the undying gods, who loosens the limbs of all gods and men,conquers resolve and prudent counsel within the breast. Love, the fairest among the undying gods, who loosens the limbs of all gods and men,
conquers resolve and prudent counsel within the breast.
Hesiod quotes: No day is wholly unproductive of good. No day is wholly unproductive of good.
Hesiod quotes: No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: It too is a kind of divinity. No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: It too is a kind of divinity.
Hesiod quotes: If anything, which ought not to happen, happens in your neighborhood, neighbors come as they are to help; relatives dress first. If anything, which ought not to happen, happens in your neighborhood, neighbors come as they are to help; relatives dress first.
Hesiod quotes: And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher. And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
Hesiod quotes: Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death. Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.
Hesiod quotes: Often a whole community together suffers in consequence of a bad man who does wrong and contrives evil Often a whole community together suffers in consequence of a bad man who does wrong and contrives evil
Hesiod quotes: Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong. Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.
Hesiod quotes: Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
Hesiod quotes: Let the price fixed with a friend be sufficient, and even dealing with a brother call in witnesses, but laughingly. Let the price fixed with a friend be sufficient, and even dealing with a brother call in witnesses, but laughingly.
Hesiod quotes: The ill design is most ill for the designer. The ill design is most ill for the designer.
Hesiod quotes: In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray. In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray.
Hesiod quotes: Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged. Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.
Hesiod quotes: Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend. Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.
Hesiod quotes: Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart. Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.
Hesiod quotes: Do not put all your goods in hollow ships. Do not put all your goods in hollow ships.
Hesiod quotes: No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish. No whispered rumours which the many spread can wholly perish.
Hesiod quotes: Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
Hesiod quotes: Money is life to us wretched mortals. Money is life to us wretched mortals.
Hesiod quotes: But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man. But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.
Hesiod quotes: A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
Hesiod quotes: Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood. Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.
Hesiod quotes: Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue. Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
Hesiod quotes: The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest. The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.
Hesiod quotes: Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor. Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Hesiod quotes: For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one. For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
Hesiod quotes: It will not always be summer; build barns. It will not always be summer; build barns.
Hesiod quotes: Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole. Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole.
Hesiod quotes: This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end. This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end.
Hesiod quotes: Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster
Hesiod quotes: If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.
Hesiod quotes: If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of. If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.
Hesiod quotes: Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race. Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.
Hesiod quotes: In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness. In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.
Hesiod quotes: Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
Hesiod quotes: It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right. It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
Hesiod quotes: Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame. Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
Hesiod quotes: Night, having Sleep, the brother of Death. Night, having Sleep, the brother of Death.
Hesiod quotes: It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
Hesiod quotes: False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth. False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.
Hesiod quotes: Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth. Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
Hesiod quotes: Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man. Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.
Hesiod quotes: It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus. It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
Hesiod quotes: They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole. They are fools who do not know how much the half exceeds the whole.
Hesiod quotes: Timeliness is best in all matters. Timeliness is best in all matters.
Hesiod quotes: Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer. Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.
Hesiod quotes: 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. 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.
Hesiod quotes: Acquisition means life to miserable mortals. Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.
Hesiod quotes: The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains. The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.
Hesiod quotes: Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet. Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
Hesiod quotes: Best is the man who thinks for himself. Best is the man who thinks for himself.
Hesiod quotes: He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner.
Hesiod quotes: Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season. Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season.
Hesiod quotes: A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage. A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.
Hesiod quotes: Bacteria: The only culture some people have. Bacteria: The only culture some people have.
Hesiod quotes: Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
Hesiod quotes: From their eyelids as they glanced dripped love. From their eyelids as they glanced dripped love.
Hesiod quotes: Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things. Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.
Hesiod quotes: Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin. Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.
Hesiod quotes: The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven. The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.

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