Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
SOLONOften 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.
More Solon Quotes
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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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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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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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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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 all things let reason be your guide.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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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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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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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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Poets tell many lies.
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