What thou seest, speak of with caution.
SOLONSpeech is the mirror of action.
More Solon Quotes
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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.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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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.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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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.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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