Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
SOLONIn all things let reason be your guide.
More Solon Quotes
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Poets tell many lies.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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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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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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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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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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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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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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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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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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