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. – Hesiod
The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. – Hesiod
Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart. – Hesiod
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one. – Hesiod
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age. – Hesiod
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. – Hesiod
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 steep is the way to it. – Hesiod
So the people will pay the penalty for their kings’ presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. – Hesiod
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. – Hesiod
He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner. – Hesiod
We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. – Hesiod
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet. – Hesiod
