Hesiod - Works and Days

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There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on earth there are two kinds: one of them a man might praise when he recognized her, but the other is blameworthy.

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Oft hath even a whole city reaped the evil fruit of a bad man.

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This man, I say, is most perfect who shall have understood everything for himself, after having devised what may be best afterward and unto the end.

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Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.

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At the beginning of a cask and at the end take your fill; in the middle be sparing.

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Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.

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It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.

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