No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
SOLONEach day grow older, and learn something new.
More Solon Quotes
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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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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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If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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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 learning something new every day.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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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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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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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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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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