All Hesiod Quotes
- Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth. Flow
- He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. Add
- Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race. End
- It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus. Escape
- It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. Best
- Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend. Aegis
- In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray. Counsel
- Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them.… Away Speech
- Acquisition means life to miserable mortals. Acquisition
- Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above this is… Age
- Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers. Deceiver
- Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find. Disliked
- Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better. Better
- The fool learns by suffering. Coping
- Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man. Altogether
- Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame. Inspirational
- Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. Barn
- Peace is a nursing mother to the land. Land
- Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to… All
- But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city… Cities