No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
SOLONPut more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
More Solon Quotes
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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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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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Poets tell many lies.
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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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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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