Say nothing but good of the dead.
SOLONNo more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
More Solon Quotes
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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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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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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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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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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