Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
SOLONJustice, even if slow, is sure.
More Solon Quotes
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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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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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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.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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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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Speech is the mirror of action.
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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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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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