Justice, even if slow, is sure.
SOLONLet no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
More Solon Quotes
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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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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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.
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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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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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If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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