I grow old, ever learning many things.
SOLONAngels are winged with God’s power.
More Solon Quotes
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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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 engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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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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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
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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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