If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.
"Hesiod" was a Greeks/Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. 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 economics/economic thought (he is sometimes identified as the first Works and Days#Hesiod and the Problem of Scarcity/economist), archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping.
If you enjoy these quotes, be sure to check out other famous poets! More Hesiod on Wikipedia.Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.
Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
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, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning.
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
Potter is jealous of potter, and craftsman of craftsman; and the poor have a grudge against the poor, and the poet against the poet.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
When you deal with your brother, be pleasant, but get a witness.
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.
The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.
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