John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8436 Hesiod fl 8th ent? BC John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8436 |
| AUTHOR: | Hesiod (fl. 8th cent.? B.C.) |
| QUOTATION: | Badness, look you, you may choose easily in a heap: level is the path, and right near it dwells. But before Virtue the immortal gods have put the sweat of man’s brow; and long and steep is the way to it, and rugged at the first. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Works and Days. Line 287. |