163 Quotes by Hesiod

False shame accompanies a man that is poor, shame that either harms a man greatly or profits him; shame is with poverty, but confidence with wealth.

Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death.

Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man, Inhibition, which does men great harm and great good. Inhibition attaches to poverty, boldness to wealth.

Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.

The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.

No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity.

Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.

Labor is no disgrace.