“Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone; and especially invite the one who lives near you.” Quote by Hesiod
“Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.” MenWholeSufferingSinCitiesDeedsPunishmentBad ManPresumptuous Author:Hesiod
“The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven.” MenHeavenInjusticePerceiveDevicesUnjustWrathDo Not Fear Author:Hesiod
“Love, the fairest among the undying gods, who loosens the limbs of all gods and men, conquers resolve and prudent counsel within the breast.” MenLoveConquerBreastsResolveLimbsPrudent Author:Hesiod
“For now indeed is the race of iron; and men never cease from labour and sorrow by day and from perishing by night.” MenNightRaceSorrowLaborCeaseLabourIronMortalityPerishing Author:Hesiod
“And Zeus will destroy this race of mortal men too, when they, at their birth, have grey hair on their temples.” MenRaceHairBirthMortalsTemplesMortalityGreyZeusGrey Hair Author:Hesiod
“Evil can be got very easily and exists in quantity: the road to her is very smooth, and she lives near by. But between us and virtue the gods have placed the sweat of our brows; the road to her is long and steep, and it is rough at first; but when a man has reached the top, then she is easy to attain, although before she was hard.” MenFirstsLongHardEvilEasyVirtueRoughSweatQuantitySmoothBrowsSteep Author:Hesiod
“A sparing tongue is the greatest treasure among men.” MenTongueTreasureModerationGreatest Treasure Author:Hesiod
“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.” FirstsDonePoorHalfDrinkEmptyGenerosityModerationJarsHalf EmptyDregs Author:Hesiod
