Tag: Hesiod

Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole.

Hesiod

The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.

Hesiod

Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.

Hesiod

Bring home a wife to your house when you are of the right age, while you are not far short of thirty years nor much above; this is the right age for marriage.

Hesiod

For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and, again, nothing worse than a bad one.

Hesiod

Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Hesiod

It will not always be summer, build barns.

Hesiod

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.

Hesiod

Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent, but midways be sparing: it is poor saving when you come to the lees.

Hesiod

There’s no place like home.

Hesiod