Solon Quotes
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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Satiety comes of riches and contumaciousness of satiety.
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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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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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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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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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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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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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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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To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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Know thyself.