Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
SOLON
I grow old learning something new every day.
More Solon Quotes
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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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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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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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Poets tell many lies.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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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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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.
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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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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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