True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
SOLONWatch 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.
More Solon Quotes
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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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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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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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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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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