Birth Quote by Hesiod

Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.

— Hesiod

Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend.

— Hesiod

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not,…

— Hesiod

If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.

— Hesiod

Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to…

— Hesiod

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.

— Hesiod

Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.

— Hesiod

The potter is at enmity with the potter.

— Hesiod

But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.

— Hesiod

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

— Hesiod

“It is best to work, at whatever you have a talent for doing, without turning your greedy thought toward what some other man possesses,…

— Hesiod

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth…

— Hesiod