That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
SOLONWe can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.
More Solon Quotes
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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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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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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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Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Poets tell many lies.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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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, ever learning many things.
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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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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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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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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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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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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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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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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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