Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.
SOLONThat city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
More Solon Quotes
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Poets tell many lies.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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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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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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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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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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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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