Speech is the mirror of action.
SOLON
SOLON
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In all things let reason be your guide.
SolonSolon True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
SolonSolon No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
SolonSolon Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
SolonSolon Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
SolonSolon The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
SolonSolon Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
SolonSolon In all things that you do, consider the end.
SolonSolon Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
SolonSolon Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.
SolonSolon Poets tell many lies.
SolonSolon He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
SolonSolon In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
SolonSolon I grow old learning something new every day.
SolonSolon He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
SolonSolon If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
SolonSolon
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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Vin DieselVin Diesel Meaning grows in the mind, but the shape and form of the act remains.
Ralph EllisonRalph Ellison Truth is in things, and not in words.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville We’re now the results of our past actions, and in the future we’ll be the results of the actions we’re performing now.
George HarrisonGeorge Harrison It’s by your own actions you’re able to get more in a mess or out of one. It’s your own actions that relieve or bind you.
George HarrisonGeorge Harrison Nothing annoys me more than having the most trivial action analyzed and explained.
Zelda FitzgeraldZelda Fitzgerald Remember that this greatness was won by men with courage, with knowledge of their duty, and with a sense of honor in action.
ThucydidesThucydides Speculation is carried on in safety, but, when it comes to action, fear causes failure.
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