Say nothing but good of the dead.
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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.
More Solon Quotes
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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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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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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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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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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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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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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