He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
More Solon Quotes
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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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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I grow old learning something new every day.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
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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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Learn to obey before you command.
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