Hesiod Quotes & Sayings

“It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.”

“Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.”

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

“Never make a companion equal to a brother.”

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

“Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it.”

“Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.”

“Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.”

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

“Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.”