He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
SOLONHe who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
More Solon Quotes
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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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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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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Learn to obey before you command.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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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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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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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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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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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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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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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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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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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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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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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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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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