Greek - Poet | 800 BC - 720 BC
Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.
Hesiod
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He fashions evil for himself who does evil to another, and an evil plan does mischief to the planner.
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How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.
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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.
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Preserve the mean; the opportune moment is best in all things.
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So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech.
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Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.
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For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.
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