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Hesiod quotes, quotations, sayings

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
 1004    
Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.
Hesiod
 1004    
Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy.
Hesiod
 1004    
The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
Hesiod
 1004    
The half is greater than the whole.
Hesiod
 1004    
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 steer is the way to it.
Hesiod
 1004    
The fool knows after he's suffered.
Hesiod
 1004    
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
Hesiod
 1004    
Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.
Hesiod
 1004    
If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.
Hesiod
 1004    
We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
Hesiod
 1004    
If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.
Hesiod
 1004    
Do not seek evil gains evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
Hesiod
 1004    
He for himself weaves woe who weaves for others woe, and evil counsel on the counselor recoils.
Hesiod
 1004    
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Hesiod
 1004    
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
Hesiod
 1004    
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
Hesiod
 1004    
Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
Hesiod
 1004    
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
Hesiod
 1004    
If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become great.
Hesiod
 1004    
Even though it's hard, it's easy.
Hesiod
 1004    
Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
Hesiod
 1004    


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