Saturday, July 15, 2023

 

Watch Your Tongue

Hesiod, Works and Days 719-721 (tr. Hugh G. Evelyn-White):
The best treasure a man can have is a sparing tongue, and the greatest pleasure, one that moves orderly; for if you speak evil, you yourself will soon be worse spoken of.

γλώσσης τοι θησαυρὸς ἐν ἀνθρώποισιν ἄριστος
φειδωλῆς, πλείστη δὲ χάρις κατὰ μέτρον ἰούσης.        720
εἰ δὲ κακὸν εἴποις, τάχα κ᾽ αὐτὸς μεῖζον ἀκούσαις.
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# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 6:07 AM


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