Hesiodos citáty

„Ľahkovernosť a nedôvera sú rovnako skazonosné, ako voda.“

—  Hesiodos

„I blázon stratou zmúdrie.“

—  Hesiodos

„Dobrých žien je na svete preto málo, že dobrých mužov nie je o nič viac.“

—  Hesiodos

„Ženy na seba nežiarlia len vtedy, keď na jednu pripadajú dvaja muži.“

—  Hesiodos

„Muž nemôže stretnúť nič lepšieho ako ženu, ak je dobrá a nič horšieho, ak je zlá.“

—  Hesiodos

„Keď dáš k malému malé a urobíš to často, za malého sa rýchlo stane veľké.“

—  Hesiodos

Prisudzované výroky
Zdroj: [LENČOVÁ, Žofia.: Perly antiky. Ostrava: Knižní expres, 1997 ISBN 80-902272-7-9]

„Reč skúpa na slová je veľkým pokladom ľudstva.“

—  Hesiodos

Prisudzované výroky

„V nešťastí ľudia starnú rýchlejšie.“

—  Hesiodos

Prisudzované výroky

„Práca nehanobí.“

—  Hesiodos

„It will not always be summer, build barns.“

—  Hesiod, kniha Works and Days

Originál: (el) Οὐκ αἰεὶ θέρος ἐσσεῖται· ποιεῖσθε καλιάς.
Zdroj: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 503.

„That man is best who sees the truth himself. Good too is he who listens to wise counsel. But who is neither wise himself nor willing to ponder wisdom is not worth a straw.“

—  Hesiod

„But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man.“

—  Hesiod

Zdroj: Works and Days and Theogony

„A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it“

—  Hesiod, kniha Works and Days

Zdroj: Works and Days

„Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men.“

—  Hesiod

Originál: (el) Ἠδ᾽ Ἔρος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι,
λυσιμελής, πάντων δὲ θεῶν πάντων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων
δάμναται ἐν στήθεσσι νόον καὶ ἐπίφρονα βουλήν.
Zdroj: The Theogony (c. 700 BC), line 120.

„Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.“

—  Hesiod, kniha Works and Days

Gain not base gains; base gains are the same as losses.
Originál: (el) μὴ κακὰ κερδαίνειν: κακὰ κέρδεα ἶσ᾽ ἀάτῃσιν
Zdroj: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 352; compare: "the gains of the wicked bring trouble", Book of Proverbs 15:6.

„Wealth should not be seized: god-given wealth is much better.“

—  Hesiod, kniha Works and Days

Originál: (el) Χρήματα δ᾽ οὐχ ἁρπακτά· θεόσδοτα πολλὸν ἀμείνω.
Zdroj: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 320.

„Take your fill when the cask is first opened and when it is nearly spent, but midways be sparing: it is poor saving when you come to the lees.“

—  Hesiod, kniha Works and Days

Variant translation: At the beginning of the cask and at the end take thy fill, but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom saving comes too late.
Zdroj: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 368 (translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White).

„Work the work which the gods ordained for men, lest in bitter anguish of spirit you with your wife and children seek your livelihood amongst your neighbours, and they do not heed you.“

—  Hesiod, kniha Works and Days

Originál: (el) Ἐργάζευ, νήπιε Πέρση,
ἔργα, τά τ᾽ ἀνθρώποισι θεοὶ διετεκμήραντο,
μή ποτε σὺν παίδεσσι γυναικί τε θυμὸν ἀχεύων
ζητεύῃς βίοτον κατὰ γείτονας, οἳ δ᾽ ἀμελῶσιν.
Zdroj: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 397.

„Neighbour vies with his neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men.“

—  Hesiod, kniha Works and Days

Originál: (el) ζηλοῖ δέ τε γείτονα γείτων
εἰς ἄφενος σπεύδοντ᾽· ἀγαθὴ δ᾽ Ἔρις ἥδε βροτοῖσιν.
Zdroj: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 23.