Hesiod Quotes


36 Hesiod quotes:



"False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth."
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"Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds."
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"Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man."
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"It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus."
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"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 too late."
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"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 the right time for marriage."
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"How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear."
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"He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace."
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"He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner."
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"Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth."
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"For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike."
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"Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin."
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"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 put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it."
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"A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing."
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"A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother."
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"Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace."
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"Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart."
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"Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."
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"Never make a companion equal to a brother."
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"Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune."
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