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
bent
He's only harming himself who's bent upon harming another
worst-enemy disorder humans
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
stupidity fool knows
The fool knows after he has suffered.
sisterhood sorrow age
Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.
singers potters beggar
Potter is piqued with potter, joiner with joiner, beggar begrudges beggar, and singer singer.
enemy dinner invites
Invite your friend to dinner; have nothing to do with your enemy.
friendship brother firsts
Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.
disgrace labor
Labor is no disgrace.
voice gossip people
No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it, too, is a kind of divinity.
successful artist envy
The artist envies what the arties gains, The bard the rival bard's successful strains.
disgrace idleness
Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
toil shame source
Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
greek-poet shall
If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
fashions greek-poet mischief
He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner.