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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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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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Poets tell many lies.
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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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Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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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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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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