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Famous Solon Quotes
“No mortal is happy, and all men on earth who look upon the sun are wretched.”
“Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.”
“Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.”
“Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.”
“Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.”
“True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.”
“He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.”
“To make an empire durable, the magistrates must obey the laws and the people the magistrates.”
“Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.”
“In giving advice seek to help, not to please, your friend.”
“Let no man be called happy before his death. Till then, he is not happy, only lucky.”
“Wealth I desire to have; but wrongfully to get it, I do not wish.”
“A half truth is the worst of all lies,because it can be defended in partiality.”
“Society is well governed when its people obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the law.”