(Solon) being asked, namely, what city was best to live in, That city, he replied, in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers
|
Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions... that laws were like cobwebs, --for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.
|
Reprove thy friend privately commend him publicly.
|
Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.
|
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.
|
This is very important to the girls, because they know the tradition Solon has.
|
Learn to obey before you command.
|
In giving advice, seek to help, not please, your friend.
|
Men keep agreements when it is to the advantage of neither to break them.
|
I grow old learning something new every day.
|
Rich people without wisdom and learning are but sheep with golden fleeces.
|
No fool can be silent at a feast.
|