Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
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For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.
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The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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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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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
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