Quotes by Hesiod

“Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace”

“I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.”

“Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning”

“A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing”

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

“When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness”

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

“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 steer is the way to it.”

“It is best to do things systematically, since we are only humans, and disorder is our worst enemy”

“If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.”

That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.

…Perses, hear me out on justice, and take what I have to say to heart; cease thinking of violence. For the son of Kronos, Zeus, has ordained this law to men: that fishes and wild beasts and winged birds should devour one another, since there is no justice in them; but to mankind he gave justice which proves for the best.

Hes only harming himself whos bent upon harming another

Never wade through the pretty ripples of perpetually flowing rivers, until you have looked at their lovely waters,and prayed to them,and washed your hands in the pale enchanting water.

No gossip ever dies away entirely if many people voice it: it too is a kind of divinity.

If you only keep adding little by little it will soon become a big heap.

The Gods rank work above virtues.

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

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

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.