What thou seest, speak of with caution.
SOLONWealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
More Solon Quotes
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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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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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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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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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Poets tell many lies.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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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.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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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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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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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.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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