A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.

Quote by Hesiod

Topics: Hesiod Quotes

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier...

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier...

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...

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

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

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

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and...

But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and...

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

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...

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

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

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,...

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the...

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the...

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

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.

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

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

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on...

I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on...

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...

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness.

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...

In love, everything is true, everything is false; it is the one subject on which...