Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
SOLONSay nothing but good of the dead.
More Solon Quotes
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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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 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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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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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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Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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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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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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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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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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