Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race. — Hesiod Justice Copy Share Image
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor. — Hesiod All things Copy Share Image
Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer. — Hesiod Competition Copy Share Image
Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their… — Hesiod Farms Copy Share Image
If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great. — Hesiod Add 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
“Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascination of her shape. It's your barn she's after.” — Hesiod Barn 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
For now indeed is the race of iron; and men never cease from labour and sorrow by day and from perishing by… — Hesiod Cease Copy Share Image
Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend. — Hesiod Death Copy Share Image
Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal… — Hesiod Badness 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 Advise 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
Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor… — Hesiod Barns 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
Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind: Invisible to mortal eyes they go, And mark… — Hesiod Action Copy Share Image
The best man of all is he who knows everything himself. Good also the man who accepts another's sound advice; but the… — Hesiod Accepting 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
In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray. — Hesiod Evening Copy Share Image
