Quotes By Hesiod

Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.

It will not always be summer; build barns.

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

Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.

It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.

A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.

He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner.

Never make a companion equal to a brother.

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.