Evil can be got very easily and exists in quantity: the road to her is very smooth, and … - Hesiod

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Hesiod

Evil can be got very easily and exists in quantity: the road to her is very smooth, and she lives near by. But between us and virtue the gods have placed the sweat of our brows; the road to her is long and steep, and it is rough at first; but when a man has reached the top, then she is easy to attain, although before she was hard.

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The man who procrastinates struggles with ruin.

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At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late.

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Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

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You trust a thief when you trust a woman.

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There is also an evil report; light, indeed, and easy to raise, but difficult to carry, and still more difficult to get rid of.

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