Αἶψα γὰρ ἐν κακότητι βροτοὶ καταγηράσκουσιν. - Hesiod

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Αἶψα γὰρ ἐν κακότητι βροτοὶ καταγηράσκουσιν.

Hesiod

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About Hesiod

Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC.

Native Name: Ἡσίοδος

Alternative Names: Hesiodus • Hesiod of Ascra

Originators like Hesiod:

[Thus] the people pay for the mad folly of their princes who, evilly minded, pervert judgement and give sentence crookedly.

The dawn speeds a man on his journey, and speeds him too in his work.

We know how to speak many falsehoods which resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things.