If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
SOLONThe ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
More Solon Quotes
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Poets tell many lies.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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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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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.
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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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