Hesiod Quotes - Page 4

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.

Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer.

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

Far best is he who is himself all-wise, and he, too, good who listens to wise words; But whoso is not wise or lays to hear another's wisdom is a useless man.

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.

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.

In the morning of like, work; in the midday, give counsel; in the evening, pray.

Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to wealth.

Hunger is an altogether fit companion for the idle man.

Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole.

For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.

An evil plan does mischief to the planner.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

The fool learns by suffering.

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

And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.

Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it's a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs.

No day is wholly unproductive of good.

The half is greater than the whole.

How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.

In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.