Call no man happy until he is dead.
SOLONTo make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
More Solon Quotes
-
-
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
SOLON -
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.
SOLON -
Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
SOLON -
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
SOLON -
Poets tell many lies.
SOLON -
Say nothing but good of the dead.
SOLON -
Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
SOLON -
Often the wicked prosper, while the righteous starve; yet I would never exchange my state for theirs, my virtue for their gold. For mine endures, while riches change their owner every day.
SOLON -
What thou seest, speak of with caution.
SOLON -
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
SOLON -
That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
SOLON -
In all things that you do, consider the end.
SOLON -
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.
SOLON -
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
SOLON -
If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
SOLON