Hesiod776–700 BCThe quotations of
Hesiod
Ancient Greek poet of the archaic period
776–700 BC
4 quotes, most often on Good & Evil.
Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
Works and Days (c. 700 BC), Line 694- Works and Days (c. 700 BC), Line 240
He is a fool who leaves things close at hand
To follow what is out of reach.Frg. 61 M.-W. (tr. F. C. Babbitt, 1939); assignment to the Catalogue conjecturalHe harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
Works and Days (c. 700 BC)
