In all things let reason be your guide.
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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.
SolonSolon Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
SolonSolon Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
SolonSolon I grow old, ever learning many things.
SolonSolon No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
SolonSolon Each day grow older, and learn something new.
SolonSolon We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.
SolonSolon Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
SolonSolon Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
SolonSolon If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
SolonSolon What thou seest, speak of with caution.
SolonSolon 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.
SolonSolon That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
SolonSolon 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.
SolonSolon Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
SolonSolon Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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