All Hesiod Quotes
- The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed… Best
- If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. Add
- At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes… Beginning
- If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. Become Big
- Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds. Bad
- Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet. Craftsman
- For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one. Bad
- Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune. Grow
- A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage. Advantage
- He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. Evil
- How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear. Bear
- For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike. Alike
- Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have… Badness
- Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy Alone
- The fool knows after he's suffered. Fool
- A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men. Among