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
men class righteous
It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right.
work laziness shame
Work is not a shame. Laziness is a shame.
friendship enemy hospitality
Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.
men wrath heaven
The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.
gossip evil speech
If you speak evil, you will soon be worse spoken of.
easy hard
Even though it's hard, it's easy.
men treasure tongue
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
prayer advice youth
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.
men two earth
There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on earth there are two kinds: one of them a man might praise when he recognized her, but the other is blameworthy.
literature grows mortals
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
winning men wife
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
love men prudent
Love, the fairest among the undying gods, who loosens the limbs of all gods and men, conquers resolve and prudent counsel within the breast.
order may fruit
Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season.
mother peace nursing
Peace is a nursing mother to the land.