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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/badness-you-can-get-easily-in-quantity-the-road-is-smooth-and-it-lies/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

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> [In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/in-front-of-excellence-the-immortal-gods-have-put-sweat-and-long-and/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

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> [Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/badness-you-can-get-easily-in-quantity-the-road-is-smooth-and-lies/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

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## Other authors on Badness

## More by Hesiod

> [Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/gain-not-base-gains-base-gains-are-the-same-as-losses/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/aegis-bearing-zeus-has-a-design-for-each-occasion-and-mortals-find/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/the-best-is-he-who-calls-men-to-the-best-and-those-who-heed-the-call/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/if-you-speak-evil-you-will-soon-be-worse-spoken-of/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/inhibition-is-no-good-provider-for-a-needy-man-inhibition-which-does/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/potter-is-jealous-of-potter-and-craftsman-of-craftsman-and-the-poor/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/preserve-the-mean-the-opportune-moment-is-best-in-all-things/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [The potter is at enmity with the potter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/the-potter-is-at-enmity-with-the-potter/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/but-he-who-neither-thinks-for-himself-nor-learns-from-others-is-a/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/justice-prevails-over-transgression-when-she-comes-to-the-end-of-the/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [“It is best to work, at whatever you have a talent for doing, without turning your greedy thought toward what some other man possesses,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/it-is-best-to-work-at-whatever-you-have-a-talent-for-doing-without/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/i-see-no-hope-for-the-future-of-our-people-if-they-are-dependent-on/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/do-not-let-a-flattering-woman-coax-and-wheedle-you-and-deceive-you/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/in-the-race-for-wealth-a-neighbor-tries-to-outdo-his-neighbor-but/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

> [The Gods rank work above virtues.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/the-gods-rank-work-above-virtues/)

[Hesiod](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hesiod/)

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