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Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
Solon
Call no man happy until he is dead.
Solon
No fool can be silent at a feast.
Solon
An unlucky rich man is more capable of satisfying his desires and of riding out disaster when it strikes, but a lucky man is better off than him...He is the one who deserves to be described as happy. But until he is dead, you had better refrain from calling him happy, and just call him fortunate.
Solon
If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.
Solon
As the Deity has given us Greeks all other blessings in moderation, so our moderation gives us a kind of wisdom which is timid, in all likelihood, and fit for common people, not one which is kingly and splendid. This wisdom, such as it is, observing that human life is ever subject to all sorts of vicissitudes, forbids us to be puffed up by the good things we have, or to admire a man's felicity while there is still time for it to change.
Solon
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
Solon
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
Solon
Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.
Solon
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.
Solon
I grow old ever learning many things.
Solon
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.
Solon
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
Solon
Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish. Justice, even if slow, is sure.
Solon
Learn to obey before you command.
Solon
No more good must be attempted than the nation can bear.
Solon
Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
Solon
Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.
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I grow old learning something new every day.
Solon
Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
Solon
No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
Solon
Speech is the mirror of action.
Solon
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