Hesiod Quotes

Hesiod
Greek Poet
Died: 720 BC
Bad Best Evil Man Will You
Related authors: Aeschylus Archilochus Aristophanes Euripides Homer Menander Pindar Sophocles
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. Hesiod
You Long Way Easily Immortal Lies Excellence Steep Put Road Badness Quantity Smooth Close Get Gods Front Sweat
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one. Hesiod
Good Man Better Wife Nothing Bad Bad One Wins Good Wife Than Again Then
Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn. Hesiod
Funny You Woman She Deceive After Flattering Your Barn
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. Hesiod
Time Home You Age Marriage Wife Right Time Above House Nor Years Short Far Much Your Right Bring
If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big. Hesiod
You Big Become Would Put Soon Often Little Should Even
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor. Hesiod
Important Timing All Things Factor Observe Most Due The Most Important Measure Right Things
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. Hesiod
Age Marriage Women Cause Old Wish Old Age Wed Sorrows Deadly Does Fleeing Whoever
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. Hesiod
Will Profit Admire Small Put Freight Greater Ship Your Large Larger Load
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. Hesiod
People Strangers Those City Give Prosper Judgements Just Transgress Straight Them Land Who Flourishes
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. Hesiod
Work Idleness Disgrace Which
The fool knows after he's suffered. Hesiod
Fool He Knows After Suffered
When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness. Hesiod
You Witness Pleasant Brother Deal Get Your
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
Jealous Poet Potter Craftsman Against Poor Grudge
Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race. Hesiod
Justice Prevails Over She End Transgression Race
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. Hesiod
Man Confidence Wealth Poverty Shame Him Accompanies False Greatly Either Poor Profits
Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better. Hesiod
Money Wealth Better Seized God-Given Much Should
Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death. Hesiod
Death Good Giving Bad Taking Brings
So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. Hesiod
Justice People Path Will Evil Pay Penalty Presumption Tortuous Kings Devising Turn Who Her Speech

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