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.
SOLONChide a friend in private and praise him in public.
More Solon Quotes
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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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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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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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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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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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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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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Poets tell many lies.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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