In all things let reason be your guide.
SOLONConsider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
More Solon Quotes
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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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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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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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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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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