As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
SOLONLet no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
More Solon Quotes
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Poets tell many lies.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
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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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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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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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