Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
SOLONLet no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
More Solon Quotes
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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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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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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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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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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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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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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