Best Quotes by Solon (Top 10)
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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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Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.
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Call no man happy until he is dead.
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In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.
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Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.
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Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
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Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
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Reprove your friend privately, commend him publicly.
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Know thyself.
[Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.
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