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> [“Never wade through the pretty ripples of perpetually flowing rivers, until you have looked at their lovely waters, and prayed to them, and washed your hands in the pale enchanting water”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hesiod/never-wade-through-the-pretty-ripples-of-perpetually-flowing-rivers/)

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

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## 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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