Quotes of Hesiod - somelinesforyou

“ Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster. ”

- Hesiod

“ He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner. ”

- Hesiod

“ Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man. ”

- Hesiod

“ A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. ”

- Hesiod

“ Never make a companion equal to a brother. ”

- Hesiod

“ When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. ”

- Hesiod

“ If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. ”

- Hesiod

“ If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. ”

- Hesiod

“ That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw. ”

- Hesiod

“ That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw. ”

- 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 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. ”

- Hesiod

“ The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work. ”

- Hesiod

“ Acquisition means life to miserable mortals. ”

- Hesiod

“ Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood. ”

- Hesiod

“ A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. ”

- Hesiod

“ If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. ”

- 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

“ Never make a companion equal to a brother. ”

- Hesiod

“ Never make a companion equal to a brother. ”

- Hesiod

“ When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. ”

- Hesiod

“ When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. ”

- Hesiod

“ If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much. ”

- Hesiod

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

- Hesiod

“ A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. ”

- Hesiod

“ The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. ”

- Hesiod

“ No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity. ”

- 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 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. ”

- Hesiod

“ 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. - Works and Days. ”

- Hesiod

“ If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. ”

- 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
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