Hesiod Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)
Hesiod quotes and sayings page 2 (poet). Here's quote # 11 through 20 out of the 44 we have.
“For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.”
“When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.”
“Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage.”
“It will not always be summer; build barns.”
“Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.”
“The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.”
“A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.”
“Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.”
“So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.”
“It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.”
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