Question: How can justice be secured in Athens?
Solon: If those who are not injured feel as indignant as those who are.

About Solon

Solon (; Ancient Greek: Σόλων; c. 639 – c. 559 BC) was an archaic Athenian statesman, lawmaker, political philosopher (philosopher in an etymological sense), and poet. He was one of the Seven Sages of Greece and is credited with laying the foundations for Athenian democracy. Solon's efforts to legislate against...

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Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.

—Solon

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

—Solon

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It seems that bad advice that's fun will always be better known than than good advice that's dull-no matter how useless that fun advice is.

—Solon

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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.

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God will not look you over for medals, degrees, or diplomas, but for scars.

—Elbert Hubbard

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As if you could kill time without injuring eternity.

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All violence is the result of people tricking themselves into believing that their pain derives from other people and that consequently those people deserve to be punished.

—Marshall Rosenberg

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Question: How can justice be secured in Athens?
Solon: If those who are not injured feel as indignant as those who are.

Question: How can justice be secured in Athens? Solon: If those who are not injured feel as indignant as those who are.

About Solon

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History

Question: How can justice be secured in Athens?
Solon: If those who are not injured feel as indignant as those who are.