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Appreciation
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The half is greater than the whole.
-Hesiod
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Consumerism
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Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.
-Hesiod
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Envy / Jealousy
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Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
-Hesiod
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Excellence
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Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning.
-Hesiod, Works and Days
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Badness you can get easily, in quantity; the road is smooth, and it lies close by, But in front of excellence the immortal gods have put sweat, and long and steer is the way to it.
-Hesiod
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Experience
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The fool knows after he's suffered.
-Hesiod
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Marriage
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Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.
-Hesiod
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Neighbors
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A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
-Hesiod
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Patience
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If you should put even a little on a little and should do this often, soon this would become big.
-Hesiod
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Things, Little Things
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If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.
-Hesiod
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Truth
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We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.
-Hesiod
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Youth
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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.
-Hesiod
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Books by and about Hesiod