In all things that you do, consider the end.
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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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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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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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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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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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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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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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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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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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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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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