Author: Hesiod

Quotes

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

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

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

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

- 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

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

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

- 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

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

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

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