Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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More Solon Quotes
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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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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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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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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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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