The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
SOLONIf through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
More Solon Quotes
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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In 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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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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