Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend. — Hesiod Death Copy Share Image
The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who… — Hesiod Best Copy Share Image
Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty,… — Hesiod Boldness Copy Share Image
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against… — Hesiod Craftsman Copy Share Image
But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man. — Hesiod Failure Copy Share Image
Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race. — Hesiod Justice Copy Share Image
“It is best to work, at whatever you have a talent for doing, without turning your greedy thought toward what some other… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly… — Hesiod Boys Copy Share Image
Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. — Hesiod Flattering Copy Share Image
In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter… — Hesiod Beggar Copy Share Image
But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for… — Hesiod Land Copy Share Image
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first;… — Hesiod Ease Copy Share Image
Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart. — Hesiod Birth Copy Share Image
“I mean you well, Perses, you great idiot, and I will tell you. Look, badness is easy to have, you can take… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on earth there are two kinds: one of them a man… — Hesiod Earth Copy Share Image
