Solon Quotes
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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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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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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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Satiety comes of riches and contumaciousness of satiety.
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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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Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.
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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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As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
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In all things let reason be your guide.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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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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What thou seest, speak of with caution.
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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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Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.