I grow old, ever learning many things.
SOLONOften 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.
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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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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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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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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