As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
SOLONA half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
More Solon Quotes
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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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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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
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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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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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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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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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Say nothing but good of the dead.
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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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