ἔργον δ' οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδος –> work is no disgrace, but idleness is disgrace | work is no disgrace, but idleness is | work is no disgrace; it is idleness which is a disgrace | work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness | work is no disgrace, not working is a disgrace | work is no shame, it is idleness that is shame | there is no shame in work, shame is in idleness

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ἔργον οὐδὲν ὄνειδος, ἀεργίη δέ τ' ὄνειδος –> work is no disgrace, but idleness is disgrace | work is no disgrace, but idleness is | work is no disgrace; it is idleness which is a disgrace | work is no disgrace; the disgrace is idleness | work is no disgrace, not working is a disgrace

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Ἡσίοδος, Ἔργα καὶ Ἡμέραι, στ. 311

Hesiod,  Works and Days, line 274
Hesiod,  Works and Days, line 311
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