Never make a companion equal to a brother.

Quote by Hesiod

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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,...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived...

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close...

Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close...

The fool knows after he's suffered.

The fool knows after he's suffered.

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

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

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

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

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