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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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.

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes...

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes...

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 sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

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...

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...

It will not always be summer; build barns.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

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.

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.

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,...