Hesiod Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.”

“The best is he who calls men to the best. And those who heed the call are also blessed. But worthless who call not, heed not, but rest.”

“Do not gain basely; base gain is equal to ruin.”

“If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.”

“Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.”

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

“How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.”

“But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.”

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

“Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.”