What did Hesiod mean by: Long exercise, my friend, inures the mind; And what we once disliked we pleasing find. - Hesiod Copy
+ An income means life to wretched mortals, but it is a terrible fate to die among the waves. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hesiod, Fate, Income, 0 - Hesiod
+ But he who neither thinks for himself nor learns from others, is a failure as a man. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hesiod, 0 - Hesiod
+ It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024February 9, 2024, Hesiod, Disorder, Organized, 0 - Hesiod
+ He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hesiod, Evil, 0 - Hesiod
+ Aegis-bearing Zeus has a design for each occasion, and mortals find this hard to comprehend. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hesiod, Design, Occasions, Zeus, 0 - Hesiod
+ He is a fool who tries to match his strength with the stronger. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hesiod, Stronger, Stupidity, 0 - Hesiod
+ It is a hard thing for a man to be righteous, if the unrighteous man is to have the greater right. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hesiod, Class, Righteous, 0 - Hesiod
+ Happy is the man whom the Muses love: sweet speech flows from his mouth. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hesiod, Flow, Sweet, 0 - Hesiod
One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
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A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Timorous minds are much more inclined to deliberate than to resolve. - Jean Francois Paul de Gondi Clergy · France
I didn’t mind my own company as a child; I was happy playing alone in the sandpit. - Michael Leunig Cartoonist · Australia