Quotes by Hesiod

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

#Hesiod

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his...

#Hesiod

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

#Hesiod

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

#Hesiod

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when...

#Falsehood

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

#Hesiod

Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.

#Hesiod

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

#Hesiod

The fool knows after he's suffered.

#Hesiod

The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the...

#Hesiod

So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil,...

#Hesiod

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

#Hesiod