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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.
— Hesiod
Tags: evil, path, people, justice

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It is not possible either to trick or escape the mind of Zeus.
— Hesiod
Tags: either, possible, escape, mind
It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.
— Hesiod
Tags: things, only, enemy, best
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.
— Hesiod
Tags: mortals, misfortune, grow
A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother.
— Hesiod
Tags: our, sometimes, day, mother
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
— Hesiod
Tags: stronger, suffering, victory, man
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