Learn to obey before you command.
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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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Each day grow older, and learn something new.
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If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan ‘neath slavery’s heavy rod.
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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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Speech is the mirror of action.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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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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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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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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Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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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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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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For often evil men are rich, and good men poor; But we will not exchange with them Our virtue for their wealth since one abides always, While riches change their owners every day.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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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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