Solon Quotes
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A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.
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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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Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
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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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Satiety comes of riches and contumaciousness of satiety.
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In the ideal State laws are few and simple, because they have been derived from certainties. In the corrupt State laws are many and confused, because they have been derived from uncertainties.
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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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Know thyself.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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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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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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Justice, even if slow, is sure.
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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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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.