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

Quote by Hesiod

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Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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.

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...

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...

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel...

The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel...

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

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

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

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

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

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

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