Poets tell many lies.
SOLONTo make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
More Solon Quotes
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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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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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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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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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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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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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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