Author: Hesiod

Quotes

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

- Hesiod

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.

- Hesiod

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

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

- Hesiod

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

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

- Hesiod

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.

- Hesiod

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

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

- Hesiod

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

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

- Hesiod

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

- Hesiod

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.

- Hesiod

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