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21 " And the Fates [Night] bore, and merciless punishing Furies who prosecute the transgressions of men and gods—never do the goddesses cease from their terrible wrath until they have paid the sinner his due. "
― Hesiod , Theogony / Works and Days
22 " Often a whole community together suffers in consequence of a bad man who does wrong and contrives evil "
― Hesiod
23 " Observe due measure, for timing is in all things the most important factor. "
24 " From their eyelids as they glanced dripped love. "
25 " No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: It too is a kind of divinity. "
26 " He is happy whom the Muses love. For though a man has sorrow and grief in his soul, yet when the servant of the Muses sings, at once he forgets his dark thoughts and remembers not his troubles. Such is the holy gift of the Muses to men. "
27 " Never wade through the pretty ripples of perpetually flowing rivers, until you have looked at their lovely waters,and prayed to them,and washed your hands in the pale enchanting water "
28 " And I wish that I were not any part of the fifth generation of men, but had died before it came, or been born afterward. For here now is the age of iron. "
29 " It is from work that men are rich in flocks and wealthy, and a working man is much dearer to the immortals "
30 " Never procrastinate. Never say you’ll do it tomorrow or the next day. Slow workers never fill their barns. Neither do procrastinators. Diligence does the job. "
― Hesiod , Works and Days (Academic Monograph Reprint)
31 " El alba pone al hombre en camino, y lo pone también a trabajar. "
32 " Do not piss as you stand and face the sun, but do it after the sun sets and before it rises, and even then do not be naked, for nights belong to the gods. ...Sire your children when you return from a feast of the gods, not when you return from an ill-omened burial. ...The sixth day of the month does not favor plants but is good for the birth of boys; it does not favor either the birth or the marriage of girls. But gelding of kids and lambs hurts less then. "
33 " Amad a quienes aman, con el fin de ser amados por ellos. "
― Hesiod , The Shield of Heracles
34 " Cueillez dès aujourd'hui les roses de la vie "
― Hesiod , Poesia I
35 " Їх є три тисячі Океанід тих, дів струнконогих. По суходолу вони та в глибинах солоного моря, Світле потомство богинь, усюди порозселялись. Стілький й інших є Рік шумковлинних, синів Океана, Що привела їх на світ достойна пошани Тетіда. Смертній людині годі усі ті ймена хзні знати, Кожен знає своїх, при яких він живе, поіменно. "
― Hesiod , The Works and Days / Theogony / The Shield of Herakles
36 " (...) ὧδ᾽ ἔρδειν, καὶ ἔργον ἐπ᾽ ἔργῳ ἐργάζεσθαι. "
37 " А коли пізній зробиш посів, то ліки й на те є:Лиш перший раз закує, у дувняку десь, зозуля, Втішивши серце смертних людей на землі неозорій, Зевс на третій день задощить і дощитиме, покиВрівень не стане з копитом вола, - ні більше, ні менше. Ось тоді пізній орач - із раннім зрівнятися може. "
38 " Fallow land is kind to children, and keeps off the hexes. "
39 " He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner. "
40 " One who delays his work is always wrestling with ruin. "