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Hesiod
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I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discrete and respectful of elders, but the present youth are exceedingly wise and impatient of restraint.
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And the evil wish is most evil to the wisher.
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It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
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The potter is at enmity with the potter.
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Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
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Do not seek evil gains evil gains are the equivalent of disaster
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In the race for wealth, a neighbor tries to outdo his neighbor, but this strife is good for men. For the potter envies potter, and the carpenter the carpenter, and the beggar rivals the beggar, and the singer the singer.
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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
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For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
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Invite your friend to a feast, but leave your enemy alone and especially invite the one who lives near you.
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Aerial spirits, by great Jove design'd To be on earth the guardians of mankind: Invisible to mortal eyes they go, And mark our actions, good or bad, below: The immortal spies with watchful care preside, And thrice ten thousand round their charges glide: They can reward with glory or with gold, A power they by Divine permission hold.
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Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit.
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Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
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Preserve the mean the opportune moment is best in all things.
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The fool learns by suffering.
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Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus
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Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season.
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If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.
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The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
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Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds.
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