In all things let reason be your guide.
SOLONRule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
More Solon Quotes
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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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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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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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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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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I grow old learning something new every day.
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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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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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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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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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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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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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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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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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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
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