Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
SOLON
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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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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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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Learn to obey before you command.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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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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In all things let reason be your guide.
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