Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
SOLONAs I grow older, I constantly learn more.
More Solon Quotes
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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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.
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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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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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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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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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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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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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