Speech is the mirror of action.
SOLONChide a friend in private and praise him in public.
More Solon Quotes
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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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 fool can be silent at a feast.
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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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Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Poets tell many lies.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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