Top 138 Quotes & Sayings by Hesiod
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Greek poet Hesiod.
Last updated on November 22, 2024.
Never make a companion equal to a brother.
He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner.
Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
The fool knows after he's suffered.
The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.
Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.
Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.
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.
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 not, but rest.
Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.
A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
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 flourishes and its people prosper.
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
It will not always be summer; build barns.
Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.
A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
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.
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.
We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.
Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
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.
When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.
Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.
Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.
How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.
Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.
Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.
The man who procrastinates is always struggling with misfortunes.
If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.
Only fools need suffer to learn.
Best is the man who thinks for himself.
Timeliness is best in all matters.
The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.
Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.
You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
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Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning.
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.
A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.
It will not always be summer: build barns.
I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.
Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man
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