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Hesiod

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It will not always be summer; build barns.
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It will not always be summer; build barns.
The fool knows after he's suffered.
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The fool knows after he's suffered.
Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage.
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Bring a wife home to your house when you are of the right age, not far short of 30 years, nor much above; this is the right time for marriage.
From their eyelids as they glanced dripped love.
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From their eyelids as they glanced dripped love.
He’s only harming himself who’s bent upon harming another.
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He’s only harming himself who’s bent upon harming another.
Badness can be got easily and in shoals; the road to her is smooth, and she lives very near us. But between us and Goodness the gods have placed the sweat of our brows;.
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Badness can be got easily and in shoals; the road to her is smooth, and she lives very near us. But between us and Goodness the gods have placed the sweat of our brows;.
Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it’s a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs.
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Drink your fill when the jar is first opened, and when it is nearly done, but be sparing when it is half-empty; it’s a poor savingwhen you come to the dregs.
Better marry a maiden, so you can teach her good manners, and in particular marry one who lives close by you. Look her well over first. Don’t marry what will make your neighbors laugh at you, for while there’s nothing better a man can win him than a good wife, there’s nothing more dismal than a bad one.
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Better marry a maiden, so you can teach her good manners, and in particular marry one who lives close by you. Look her well over first. Don’t marry what will make your neighbors laugh at you, for while there’s nothing better a man can win him than a good wife, there’s nothing more dismal than a bad one.
Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man.
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Inhibition is no good provider for a needy man.
Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus.
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Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away speech from them. So is there no way to escape the will of Zeus.
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