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.

Quote by Hesiod

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Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger...

Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

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...

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.

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...

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does...

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does...

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.

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...

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not...

Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not...

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge...

Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge...

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving...

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving...

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.