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Works and Days
Book 1, Line 42 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
(ll 493-501) Pass by the smithy and its crowded lounge in winter time when the cold keeps men from field work,-for then an industrious man can greatly prosper his house-lest bitter winter catch you helpless and poor and you chafe a swollen foot with a shrunk hand. The idle man who waits on empty hope, lacking a livelihood, lays to heart mischief-making; it is not an wholesome hope that accompanies a need man who lolls at ease while he has no sure livelihood.
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