The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.
SOLONIf things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
More Solon Quotes
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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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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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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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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No fool can be silent at a feast.
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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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