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Hesiod (/ ' h i s i d / or / ' h s i d / ; Greek : sd, IPA / s i o ð o s / Esíodos ) was a Greek poet generally thought by scholars to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. His is the first European poetry in which the poet regards himself as a topic, an individual with a distinctive role to play. Ancient authors credited him and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought (he is sometimes identified as the first economist ), archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time -keeping.


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Quote Left It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy. Quote Right
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Quote Left If thou shouldst lay up even a little upon a little, and shouldst do this often, soon would even this become great. Quote Right
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Quote Left A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing. Quote Right
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Quote Left We know how to speak many falsehoods that resemble real things, but we know, when we will, how to speak true things. Quote Right
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Quote Left Try to take for a mate a person of your own neighborhood. Quote Right
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