Quotes and Quotations

Memorable Quotes and quotations from Hesiod

Hesiod Greek didactic poet (~800 BC)


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

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- He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.

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- It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

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- A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.

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- Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

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- Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.

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- The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.