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.
SOLONCall no man happy until he is dead.
More Solon Quotes
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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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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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Learn to obey before you command.
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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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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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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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Poets tell many lies.
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