Hesiod Quotes on Ethics
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There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on earth there are two kinds: one of them a man might praise when he recognized her, but the other is blameworthy.
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Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
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He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
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Do not seek evil gains; evil gains are the equivalent of disaster.
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Gossip is mischievous, light and easy to raise, but grievous to bear and hard to get rid of. No gossip ever dies away entirely, if many people voice it: it too is a kind of divinity.