Hesiod

The half is greater than the whole.

— Hesiod

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

The fool knows after he's suffered.

— Hesiod

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

Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood.

— Hesiod

Acquisition means life to miserable mortals.

— Hesiod

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

— Hesiod

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

— Hesiod

If you add a little to a little and do this often, soon the little will become great.

— Hesiod

We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.

— Hesiod