Oft hath even a whole city reaped the evil fruit of a bad man.
-- Hesiod (c. 700 BC)
-- Works and Days, Line 240
-- Hesiod (c. 700 BC)
-- Works and Days, Line 240
Related:
- Diligence increaseth the fruit of toil. A dilatory man wrestles with losses.
Hesiod (c. 700 BC) -- Works and Days, Line... - For himself doth a man work evil in working evils for another.
Hesiod (c. 700 BC) -- Works and Days, Line... - Fools! they know not how much half exceeds the whole.
Hesiod (c. 700 BC) -- Works and Days, Line... - A bad neighbour is as great a misfortune as a good one is a great blessing.
Hesiod (c. 700 BC) -- Works and Days, Line... - Invite the man that loves thee to a feast, but let alone thine enemy.
Hesiod (c. 700 BC) -- Works and Days, Line... - The morn, look you, furthers a man on his road, and furthers him too
in his work.
Hesiod (c. 700 BC) -- Works and Days, Line... - Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.
Hesiod (c. 700 BC) -- Works and Days, Line... - Observe moderation. In all, the fitting season is best.
Hesiod (c. 700 BC) -- Works and Days, Line... - They died, as if o'ercome by sleep.
-- Hesiod (c. 700 BC)
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