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Solon quotes: Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.

Solon quotes: No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

Solon quotes: Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.

Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.

Solon quotes: In all things let reason be your guide.

In all things let reason be your guide.

Solon quotes: Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.

Solon quotes: Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

Call no man happy until he is dead, but only lucky.

Solon quotes: Power proves the man".

Power proves the man".

Solon quotes: Call no man happy until he is dead.

Call no man happy until he is dead.

Solon quotes: In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.

Solon quotes: Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.

Laws are like spiders webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.

Solon quotes: count no man happy until he be dead.

count no man happy until he be dead.

Solon quotes: Reprove thy friend privately: commend him publicly.

Reprove thy friend privately: commend him publicly.

Solon quotes: Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.

Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.

Solon quotes: Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.

Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.

Solon quotes: In all things that you do, consider the end.

In all things that you do, consider the end.

Solon quotes: What thou seest, speak of with caution.

What thou seest, speak of with caution.

Solon quotes: Say nothing but good of the dead.

Say nothing but good of the dead.

Solon quotes: Angels are winged with God's power.

Angels are winged with God's power.

Solon quotes: Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.

Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.

Solon quotes: Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

Solon quotes: Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.

Solon quotes: True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.

True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.

Solon quotes: Satiety comes of riches and contumaciousness of satiety.

Satiety comes of riches and contumaciousness of satiety.

Solon quotes: No fool can be silent at a feast.

No fool can be silent at a feast.

Solon quotes: We can have justice whenever those who have not been injuredby injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.

We can have justice whenever those who have not been injured
by injustice are as outraged by it as those who have been.

Solon quotes: That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.

Solon quotes: I grow old, ever learning many things.

I grow old, ever learning many things.

Solon quotes: Call no man happy before he dies, he is at best but fortunate.

Call no man happy before he dies, he is at best but fortunate.

Solon quotes: 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.

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.

Solon quotes: No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear

No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear

Solon quotes: He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.

Solon quotes: Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

Solon quotes: No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.

No one can be said to be happy until he is dead.

Solon quotes: A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.

A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.

Solon quotes: Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.

Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.

Solon quotes: The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.

The ideal state is that in which an injury done to the least of its citizens is an injury done to all.

Solon quotes: He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.

He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.

Solon quotes: If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.

If things are going well, religion and legislation are beneficial; if not, they are of no avail.

Solon quotes: Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

Many evil men are rich, and good men poor, but we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

Solon quotes: Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.

Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.

Solon quotes: Speech is the mirror of action.

Speech is the mirror of action.

Solon quotes: Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.

Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.

Solon quotes: Learn to obey before you command.

Learn to obey before you command.

Solon quotes: I grow old learning something new every day.

I grow old learning something new every day.

Solon quotes: Know thyself.[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]

Solon quotes: To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.

To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.

Solon quotes: Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.

Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.