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Hesiod: 'For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.'

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Hesiod: '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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Hesiod: 'Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame.'

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Hesiod: 'Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.'

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Hesiod: 'For a man wins nothing better than a good wife, and then again nothing deadlier than a bad one.'

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Hesiod: 'A bad neighbor is as great a calamity as a good one is a great advantage.'

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Hesiod: 'Whoever, fleeing marriage and the sorrows that women cause, does not wish to wed comes to a deadly old age.'

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Hesiod: 'Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.'

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Hesiod: 'If you add a little to a little, and then do it again, soon that little shall be much.'

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Hesiod: 'Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace.'

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Hesiod: 'Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth.'

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Hesiod: 'It will not always be summer; build barns.'

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Hesiod: 'Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.'

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Hesiod: 'It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.'

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Hesiod: 'Never make a companion equal to a brother.'

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Hesiod: 'Do not let a flattering woman coax and wheedle you and deceive you; she is after your barn.'

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Archilochus: 'Old women should not seek to be perfumed.'

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Apollonius of Tyana: 'In my judgment, excellence and wealth are direct opposites, since when the one shrinks, the other grows, and when one grows, the other shrinks.'

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Apollonius of Tyana: 'Festivals cause diseases, since they lighten cares but increase gluttony.'

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Apollonius of Tyana: 'I asked certain rich men if they felt embittered. 'How could we not?' they said. So I asked them what caused this anguish. They blamed their wealth.'

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