Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
SOLONA half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
More Solon Quotes
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.
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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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If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.
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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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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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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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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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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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In all things that you do, consider the end.
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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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He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Learn to obey before you command.
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We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.
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If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock.
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A half truth is the worst of all lies, because it can be defended in partiality.
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Angels are winged with God’s power.
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I grow old, ever learning many things.
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Speech is the mirror of action.
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