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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.