Solon Quotes

Most popular Solon Quotes

Know Thyself. - Solon quote.
Know Thyself.
— Solon
Shun evil company. - Solon quote.
Shun evil company.
— Solon
Speech is the mirror of action. - Solon quote.
Speech is the mirror of action.
— Solon
I grow old learning something new everyday. - Solon quote.
I grow old learning something new everyday.
— Solon
Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly. - Solon quote.
Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.
— Solon
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath. - Solon quote.
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
— Solon
Advise not what is most pleasant, but what is most useful. - Solon quote.
Advise not what is most pleasant, but what is most useful.
— Solon
A man has one thing to fear, that is to die before he becomes a philosopher. - Solon quote.
A man has one thing to fear, that is to die before he becomes a philosopher.
— Solon
The happiness of the outward life arises from honest action and temperate living. - Solon quote.
The happiness of the outward life arises from honest action and temperate living.
— Solon
A great city is when the citizens obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the laws. - Solon quote.
A great city is when the citizens obey the magistrates, and the magistrates obey the laws.
— Solon
Laws are like cobwebs which entangle the weak, but through which the greater break uninjured. - Solon quote.
Laws are like cobwebs which entangle the weak, but through which the greater break uninjured.
— Solon
Laws are like spider's webs which, if anything falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape. - Solon quote.
Laws are like spider's webs which, if anything falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
— Solon Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers

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Laws are like spider's webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape. - Solon quote.
Laws are like spider's webs which, if anything small falls into them they ensnare it, but large things break through and escape.
— Solon

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