Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows. — Hesiod
Between us and excellence, the gods have placed the sweat of our brows.
In the original Greek
τῆς δ᾽ ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν ἀθάνατοι.
Works and Days · 700 BC
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Hesiod. "Works and Days." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 289.
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Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 289.
