Hesiod Quotes
How easily some light report is set about, but how difficult to bear.
Hesiod. Works and Days. Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Harvard University Press, 1914, lines 761-762.
ignoring them and letting the pressure build, or denying them and taking the hit
The papyrus appears to be an instruction booklet for government officials. The Egyptians had no concept of the function of the brain and believed emotion emanated from the belly. The term “hot-bellied” would translate to “hot-headed.”
Hesiod (/ˈhiːsiəd, ˈhɛsiəd/; Greek: Ἡσίοδος Hēsíodos, 'he who emits the voice') was an ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer. He is generally regarded as the first written poet in the Western tradition to regard himself as an individual persona with an active role to play in his subject. Ancient authors credited Hesiod and Homer with establishing Greek religious customs. Modern scholars refer to him as a major source on Greek mythology, farming techniques, early economic thought, archaic Greek astronomy and ancient time-keeping.
