Hesiod
Hesiod
Hesiodwas a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded as the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject. Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought,...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPoet
evil wish
And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
sweet talking shapes
Do not let any sweet-talking woman beguile your good sense with the fascinations of her shape. It's your barn she's after.
jealous competition enemy
Potter is potter's enemy, and craftsman is craftsman's rival; tramp is jealous of tramp, and singer of singer.
mean fate income
An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves.
men evil-people doe
The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it.
land cities people
But they who give straight judgements to strangers and to those of the land and do not transgress what is just, for them the city flourishes and its people prosper.
suffering fool coping
The fool learns by suffering.
wealth saving-money given
Wealth should not be seized, but the god-given is much better.
exercise long mind
Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find.
trust deceiver trusted
Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.
mind zeus tricks
It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
bent
He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another
wise men pondering
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.
heart son men
...Perses, hear me out on justice, and take what I have to say to heart; cease thinking of violence. For the son of Kronos, Zeus, has ordained this law to men: that fishes and wild beasts and winged birds should devour one another, since there is no justice in them; but to mankind he gave justice which proves for the best.