Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.

Quote by Hesiod

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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.

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...

If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that...

If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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,...

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

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think,...

Self-disciplined begins with the mastery of your thoughts. If you don't control what you think,...

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

He that would govern others, first should be the master of himself.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...