Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
SOLONCall no man happy until he is dead.
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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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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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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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.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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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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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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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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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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