Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise… — Hesiod Lays Copy Share Image
“If anything, which ought not to happen, happens in your neighborhood, neighbors come as they are to help; relatives dress first.” — Hesiod Neighbors Copy Share Image
Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty;… — Hesiod Done Copy Share Image
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. — Hesiod Disorder Copy Share Image
Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses. — Hesiod Diligence Copy Share Image
Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again. — Hesiod Easy Copy Share Image
Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds. — Hesiod Bad Copy Share Image
Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find. — Hesiod Exercise Copy Share Image
Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole. — Hesiod Fool Copy Share Image
He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. — Hesiod Evil Copy Share Image
A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage. — Hesiod Bad Copy Share Image
How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear. — Hesiod About Copy Share Image
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged. — Hesiod Action Copy Share Image
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. — Hesiod Blessing Copy Share Image
If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. — Hesiod Again 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
A man fashions ill for himself who fashions ill for another, and the ill design is most ill for the designer. — Hesiod Design Copy Share Image
No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity. — Hesiod Divinity Copy Share Image
Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer. — Hesiod Beggar Copy Share Image
Love those who love you, help those you help you, and give to those who give to you. — Hesiod Giving Copy Share Image
Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the… — Hesiod Admire Copy Share Image
