Hesiodos citáty

„Dobrých žen je na světě proto málo, že dobrých mužů není o nic víc.“

„Muž nemůže potkat nic lepšího než ženu, pokud je dobrá a nic horšího, pokud je zlá.“

„Kéž jsem se neoctl já mezi muži pátého věku, kéž jsem umřel dřív nebo přišel na svět až potom!“

„Přiložíš-li ruce k dílu, lenoch závidět ti bude.“

„V neštěstí stárnou lidé rychleji.“

„Sukní ženy - třasořitky rozum obloudit si nedej. Lichotně šveholí ona, ale šilhá po tvé sýpce.“

„Pro ženu neztrácej hlavu.“

„Kdo by důvěřoval ženě, ten se svěřil loupežníkům.“

„Ženy na sebe nežárlí jen tehdy, když na jednu připadají dva muži.“

„Vždyť i blázen škodou zmoudří.“

„Když dáš k malému malé a uděláš to často, z malého se rychle stane velké.“

„Práce není hanba, hanba je nepracovat.“

„Lehkověrnost i nedůvěra jsou stejně zhoubné jako oheň i voda.“

„Bohové zahalili lidský život hustým závojem.“

„Je chudák ten muž, který pořád přátele střídá.“

„…jen pílí narůstá dílo,
a kdo se práce štítí, se věčně potýká s bídou.“

„Nezlehčuj nepoznané.“

„Nelži jen tak, aby řeč nestála.“

„Na zítřek (práci) neodkládej a na pozítří nic nedbej.“

„Dávej tomu, kdo dává a nedávej tomu, kdo nedá.“

„Nedobrá věc je stud, když provází chudého muže.“

„Bozi i lidé se na toho horší, kdo nečinně žije.“

„Nejlepší ze všech je ten, kdo na vše sám od sebe příjde.“

„Zlo sobě strojí sám, kdo chystá jinému zkázu,
úmysl špatný je nejhorší pro toho, kdo si ho myslí.“

„Bídu je věru snadno si zvolit, a třebas i houfně,
naopak lepší život jen za pot dávají bozi nesmrtelní.“

„Nemálo zla své duši způsobí netečný člověk.“

„Řeč skoupá na slova je velkým pokladem lidstva.“

„U společného stolu ať mrzut a nedružný nejsi.“

“But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.”

“First of all the deathless gods who dwell on Olympus made a golden race of mortal men who lived in the time of Cronos when he was reigning in heaven. And they lived like gods without sorrow of heart, remote and free from toil and grief: miserable age rested not on them.”

“A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it”

“Do not get a name either as lavish or as churlish; as a friend of rogues or as a slanderer of good men.”

“Night, having Sleep, the brother of Death.”

“Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.”

“Neighbour vies with his neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men.”

“For full indeed is earth of woes, and full the sea; and in the day as well as night diseases unbidden haunt mankind, silently bearing ills to men, for all-wise Zeus hath taken from them their voice. So utterly impossible is it to escape the will of Zeus.”

“Hunger is altogether a meet comrade for the sluggard.”

“A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.”

“But the rest, countless plagues, wander amongst men; for earth is full of evils and the sea is full.”

“And she conceived and bore to Zeus, who delights in the thunderbolt, two sons, Magnes and Macedon, rejoicing in horses, who dwell round about Pieria and Olympus.”

“Work the work which the gods ordained for men, lest in bitter anguish of spirit you with your wife and children seek your livelihood amongst your neighbours, and they do not heed you.”

“Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent, but midways be sparing: it is poor saving when you come to the lees.”

“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 steep is the way to it, and rough at first. But when you come to the top, then it is easy, even though it is hard.”

“The best treasure a man can have is a sparing tongue.”

“They died, as if o'ercome by sleep.”

“It will not always be summer, build barns.”

“The man who trusts womankind trusts deceivers.”

“The deathless gods are near among men and mark all those who oppress their fellows with crooked judgements, and reck not the anger of the gods.”

“Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.”

“There's no place like home.”

“This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end: and good again is he likewise who shall have complied with one advising him well: but whoso neither himself hath understanding, nor when he hears another, lays it to heart, he on the other hand is a worthless man.”

“The generation of the man who swears truly is better thenceforward.”

“He is a fool who tries to withstand the stronger, for he does not get the mastery and suffers pain besides his shame.”

“Only when he has suffered does the fool learn.”

“Potter bears a grudge against potter, and craftsman against craftsman, and beggar is envious of beggar, and bard of bard.”

“For in misery men grow old quickly.”

“If you should put even a little on a little, and should do this often, soon this too would become big.”