Speech is the mirror of action.
SOLONWe can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.
More Solon Quotes
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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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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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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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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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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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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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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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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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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Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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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.
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