If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
SOLONTrue blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
More Solon Quotes
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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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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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Laws are like spider’s webs: If some poor weak creature comes up against them, it is caught; but a big one can break through and get away.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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