He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the… — Hesiod
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner.
In the original Greek
οἷ γ᾽ αὐτῷ κακὰ τεύχει ἀνὴρ ἄλλῳ κακὰ τεύχων,
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. 265.
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Hesiod. Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι [Works and Days]. c. 700 BC, l. 265.