If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
SOLONSpeech is the mirror of action.
More Solon Quotes
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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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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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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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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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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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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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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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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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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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