Monday, February 16, 2026

Hesiod

Hesiod (c. 8th century BCE)

“Do not put things off till tomorrow and the next day. A man of ineffectual labour, a postponer, does not fill his granary.”

  • From Hesiod’s Works and Days (between lines 396-429), translated by M. L. West (Oxford World Classics, 1988, 1999, 2008).

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