Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
SOLONNo more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
More Solon Quotes
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Poets tell many lies.
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That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
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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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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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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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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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