Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
SOLONTrue blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
More Solon Quotes
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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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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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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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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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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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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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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Learn to obey before you command.
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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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In all things let reason be your guide.
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