All Hesiod Quotes
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Hesiod
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He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
Hesiod
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Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.
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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
Hesiod
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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.
Hesiod
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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.
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Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.
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So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.
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If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
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If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.
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Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
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