Hesiod Quotes

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• The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.
• In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.
• It will not always be summer: build barns.
• Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.
• It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
• The fool knows after he has suffered.
• He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.
• Never make a companion equal to a brother.
• The half is greater than the whole.
• I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are…
• Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
• Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the…
• Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts…
• A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
• He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
• That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor…
• He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another
• But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.
• A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it
• Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

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