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

About Solon

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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.

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.

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

justice injury indignance

More quotations tagged with “nobility”

Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.

I too shall lie in the dust when I am dead, but now let me win noble renown.

It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right—especially when one is right.

—Friedrich Nietzsche

Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.

—Frank Lloyd Wright

Sweet mercy is nobility's true badge.

—William Shakespeare

History

11 Jul 2015 Added