Poets tell many lies.
SOLONTrue blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
More Solon Quotes
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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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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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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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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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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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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