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

Quote by Hesiod

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

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...

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...

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

This is why man creates his own universes when he Knows them, and these universes...

This is why man creates his own universes when he Knows them, and these universes...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...

I'm slowly becoming a convert to the principle that you can't motivate people to do...

Judge not my passion, by my want of skill, Many love well, though they express...

Judge not my passion, by my want of skill, Many love well, though they express...