Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

Quote by Hesiod

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Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy

Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil,...

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil,...

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly...

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly...

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

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

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

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

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often,...

If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often,...

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace

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

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

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous...

Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous...

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

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

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

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when...

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when...

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is...

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is...

The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.

The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder.

It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with...

It was about this time that I began experiencing the beginnings of my battles with...