No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
SOLONMen keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
More Solon Quotes
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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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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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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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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
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Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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Poets tell many lies.
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