17 Quotations by Hesiod
- 1. A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
- 2. Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.
- 3. Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of e ...
- 4. Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
- 5. He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
- 6. I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, fo ...
- 7. If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
- 8. It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
- 9. Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
- 10. Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
- 11. Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
- 12. Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor ...
- 13. The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
- 14. The fool knows after he's suffered.
- 15. The half is greater than the whole.
- 16. Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.
- 17. We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to sp ...
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