In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
SOLONIn giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
SOLONMen keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
SOLONThat city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
SOLONWhat thou seest, speak of with caution.
SOLONNo man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
SOLONHe who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
SOLONFor 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.
SOLONPure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
SOLONJustice, even if slow, is sure.
SOLONNo fool can be silent at a feast.
SOLONOften 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.
SOLONSociety is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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.
SOLONPut more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
SOLONI grow old, ever learning many things.
SOLONSpeech is the mirror of action.
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