“Neighbour vies with his neighbour as he hurries after wealth. This Strife is wholesome for men.”

— Hesiod , book Works and Days

Source: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 23.

Original

ζηλοῖ δέ τε γείτονα γείτων εἰς ἄφενος σπεύδοντ᾽· ἀγαθὴ δ᾽ Ἔρις ἥδε βροτοῖσιν.

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