Hesiod, Works and Days, as translated by Stanley Lombardo (1993), lines 312-313
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It's no good at all for a man to be just When the unjust man gets more than what's just.
— Hesiod on Justice
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Justice" (H)
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About Hesiod
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC.
About Hesiod
Hesiod (Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos) was an early Greek poet, believed to have lived around the year 700 BC.
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