No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
SOLONAngels are winged with God’s power.
More Solon Quotes
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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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.
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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
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That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
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The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
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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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Poets tell many lies.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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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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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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