Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
SOLONIn all things that you do, consider the end.
More Solon Quotes
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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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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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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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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Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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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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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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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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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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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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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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