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Hesiod Quotes

At the beginning of a cask and at the end take your fill; in the middle be sparing Picture Quote #1

A bad neighbour is as great a misfortune as a good one is a great blessing Picture Quote #1

If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great Picture Quote #1

On the tongue of such an one they shed a honeyed dew, and from his lips drop gentle words Picture Quote #1

No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity Picture Quote #1

A man fashions ill for himself who fashions ill for another, and the ill design is most ill for the designer Picture Quote #1

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This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end Picture Quote #1

Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you Picture Quote #1

In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer Picture Quote #1

The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon Picture Quote #1

In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it Picture Quote #1

Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again Picture Quote #1

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An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves Picture Quote #1

Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard Picture Quote #1

But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man Picture Quote #1

Many who have learned from Hesiod the countless names of gods and monsters never understand that night and day are one Picture Quote #1

Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders of all time, such as Alexander the Great, Pericles of Athens, Hannibal of Carthage, and Julius Caesar of Rome, were all pagans, or else living in a pagan society Picture Quote #1

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At the beginning of a cask and at the end take your fill; in the middle be sparing (Hesiod Quotes) A bad neighbour is as great a misfortune as a good one is a great blessing (Hesiod Quotes) If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great (Hesiod Quotes) On the tongue of such an one they shed a honeyed dew, and from his lips drop gentle words (Hesiod Quotes) No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity (Hesiod Quotes) A man fashions ill for himself who fashions ill for another, and the ill design is most ill for the designer (Hesiod Quotes) This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end (Hesiod Quotes) Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you (Hesiod Quotes) In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer (Hesiod Quotes) The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon (Hesiod Quotes) In front of excellence, the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to it (Hesiod Quotes) Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again (Hesiod Quotes) An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves (Hesiod Quotes) Badness you can get easily, in quantity. The road is smooth and lies close by. But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steep is the way to do it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard (Hesiod Quotes) But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man (Hesiod Quotes) Many who have learned from Hesiod the countless names of gods and monsters never understand that night and day are one (Hesiod Quotes) Homer, Hesiod, Pythagoras, Plato, and Cicero, just to name a few, all lived in pagan societies. Some of the greatest political and military leaders of all time, such as Alexander the Great, Pericles of Athens, Hannibal of Carthage, and Julius Caesar of Rome, were all pagans, or else living in a pagan society. (Hesiod Quotes)

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