Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
SOLONNo fool can be silent at a feast.
More Solon Quotes
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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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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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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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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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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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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Speech is the mirror of action.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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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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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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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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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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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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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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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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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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