In all things let reason be your guide.
SOLONHe that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
More Solon Quotes
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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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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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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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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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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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If 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.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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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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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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