Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy. Hesiod More Quotes by Hesiod More Quotes From Hesiod Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses. Hesiod fruitlossmen And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher. Hesiod evilwish Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better. Hesiod saving-moneywealthliterature 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 wifehomeyears A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother. Hesiod literaturemothersometimes A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. Hesiod good-neighborneighborblessing Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame. Hesiod shametoilsource Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race. Hesiod raceliteraturejustice No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity. Hesiod gossipvoicepeople So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech. Hesiod kingsevilpeople Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong. Hesiod brotherfriendshipfirsts That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw. Hesiod ponderingwisemen Acquisition means life to miserable mortals. Hesiod inspirelifemean For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one. Hesiod wifewinningmen For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike. Hesiod literaturewantmen Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season. Hesiod fruitmayorder The fool learns by suffering. Hesiod copingfoolsuffering Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it's a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs. Hesiod generositydonehalf Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus Hesiod wisemennight Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame. Hesiod shamelazinesswork
