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
race justice ends
Justice prevails over transgression when she comes to the end of the race.
stupidity fool knows
The fool knows after he has suffered.
stupidity stronger trying
He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger.
gossip evil rumor
Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again.
brother sibling brother-sister
Never make a companion equal to a brother.
appreciation half whole
The half is greater than the whole.
shame idleness
In work there is no shame; shame is in the idleness.
procrastination men hands
Do not put your work off till to-morrow and the day after; for a sluggish worker does not fill his barn, nor one who puts off his work: industry makes work go well, but a man who puts off work is always at hand-grips with ruin.
blessing neighbor good-neighbor
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
people bacteria culture
Bacteria: The only culture some people have.
thieves
You trust a thief when you trust a woman.
men thinking
But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.
men evil advice
A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it
giving
Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.