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
mind zeus tricks
It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
prayer advice youth
Actions from youth, advice from the middle-aged, prayers from the aged.
evil woe recoil
He for himself weaves woe who weaves for others woe, and evil counsel on the counselor recoils.
business potters enmity
The potter is at enmity with the potter.
unproductive
No day is wholly unproductive of good.
light evil nicknames
There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.
literature grows mortals
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
half fool knows
Fools, they do not even know how much more is the half than the whole.
order may fruit
Let it please thee to keep in order a moderate-sized farm, that so thy garners may be full of fruits in their season.
brother fixed witness
Let the price fixed with a friend be sufficient, and even dealing with a brother call in witnesses, but laughingly.
loss men fruit
Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.
saving too-late literature
At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.
winning men wife
For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.
easy hard
Even though it's hard, it's easy.