If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
SOLON
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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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 agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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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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