Solon Quotes

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

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

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• Wisdom
• Learning
• People

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

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I grow old learning something new every day.

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• Learning

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

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Speech is the mirror of action.

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

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

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

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• Society

Learn to obey before you command.

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• Learning