Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
SOLONIn 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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I grow old learning something new every day.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Poets tell many lies.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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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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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.
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