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Justice, even if slow, is sure.

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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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Home Man Misery Oneself Place Togetherness
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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Break Escape Law Small Spider
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Government Law Obedience People Society
Justice, even if slow, is sure.
SOLON

Justice One Liner Slow
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Gold People Rich Sheep Wisdom
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Character Noble Promise Trust
We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.
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Angry Injury Justice
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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Action Punishment Wrong
Call no man happy until he is dead.
SOLON

Call Death Happiness
I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Growth Learning Old
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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Call Death Happiness Himself
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Best Fortunate Happiness Himself Man
Say nothing but good of the dead.
SOLON

Death Goodness One Liner
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
SOLON

Evil Excellence exchange Man Rich
Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
SOLON

Chastity Desire Grace Ourselves Peace Purity Soul
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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Citizenship Ideal Injury State

Justice, even if slow, is sure.

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