Diogenes Laërtius on Solon
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“Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.”
“Consider your honour, as a gentleman, of more weight than an oath.”
“If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.”
“Watch well each separate citizen, Lest having in his heart of hearts A secret spear, one still may come Saluting you with cheerful face, And utter with a double tongue The feigned good wishes of his wary mind.”
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