Solon
Solon
Solonwas an Athenian statesman, lawmaker, and poet. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic, and moral decline in archaic Athens. His reforms failed in the short term, yet he is often credited with having laid the foundations for Athenian democracy. He wrote poetry for pleasure, as patriotic propaganda, and in defense of his constitutional reforms...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionStatesman
angel
Angels are winged with God's power.
party men law
Men keep their engagements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them.
grows
As I grow older, I constantly learn more.
gentleman weight oath
Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.
cities wronged
That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
cities wronged
That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.
knowledge greek know-thyself
Know thyself. [Lat., Ne quis nimis. (From the Greek)]
honor exceed
Honors achieved far exceed those that are created.
party men law
Men keep their agreements when it is an advantage to both parties not to break them; and I shall so frame my laws that it will be evident to the Athenians that it will be for their interest to observe them.
friends praise
Chide a friend in private and praise him in public.
good-life happy-death blessedness
True blessedness consisteth in a good life and a happy death.
fame interest sells
He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
riches satiety
Satiety comes of riches and contumaciousness of satiety.
soul grace desire
Pure chastity is beauty to our souls, grace to our bodies, and peace to our desires.