Speech is the mirror of action.
SOLONPure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
More Solon Quotes
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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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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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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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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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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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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In all things let reason be your guide.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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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.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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