Solon Quotes

“The answer of Solon on the question, 'Which is the most perfect popular govemment,' has never been exceeded by any man since his time, as containing a maxim of political morality, 'That,' says he, 'where the least injury done to the meanest individual, is considered as an insult on the whole constitution.”
― Thomas Paine, The Age of Reason

“may the sun smile upon you and all storms find you in port”
― Brent Weeks, The Way of Shadows

“Not belonging is the greatest gift. Always remember that.”
― Lauren Kate, Waterfall

“Syracuse was again ruled by Dionysuis II,
the former young philosopher king was now an overbearing and unjust Tyrant.”
― Daniel Peter Buckley

“Like Solon, Plato intended to write a long fable about legendary Atlantis; like Solon, he never did write it. Yet there existed beyond the Atlantic an unvisited land, after all, and it is more strange than any of Plato's myths that Plato's apprehension of order and justice should be a living influence among the people of that land, twenty-four centuries after the mystical philosopher's soul departed from Athens.”
― Russell Kirk, The Roots of American Order

“Do we get only one?” William asked.

“Ambitious lad,” Solon said. “Well, why should there be a limit? One quirk is a miracle, but don’t let me stand in your way. Quirk out as much as you like.”
― Lauren Kate, Waterfall

“Each of us has magic within us. We take our quirks from the universal store”
― Lauren Kate, Waterfall

“You see, this is the problem with conversation,” Solon said with a sigh, and looked at Ander. “All we ever do is talk about ourselves. Let us stop before we bore each other, well, to tears.”
― Lauren Kate, Waterfall

“That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers.”
― Solon

“No mortal is happy, and all men on earth
who look upon the sun are wretched.”
― Solon

“A boy who is still a child grows baby teeth
and loses them all in seven years.
When God makes him fourteen, the signs
of maturity begin to shine on his body.
In the third seven, limbs growing, chin bearded,
his skin acquires the color of manhood.
In the fourth age a man is at a peak in
strength—a sign in man of excellence.
The time is ripe in the fifth for a young man
to think of marriage and of offspring.
In the sixth the mind of man is trained in all
things; he doesn't try the impossible.
In the seventh and eighth, that is, fourteen years,
he speaks most eloquently in his life.
He can still do much in the ninth but his speech
and thought are discernibly less keen,
and if he makes the full measure of ten sevens,
when death comes, it will not come too soon.”
― Solon

“America acknowledged the greatness of Confucius through a trio of ancient lawgivers—Moses flanked by Confucius to his right and Solon on his left—on the monument to “Justice, the Guardian of Liberty” displayed on the eastern pediment of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C.”
― Patrick Mendis, Peaceful War: How the Chinese Dream and the American Destiny Create a New Pacific World Order

“The power of hail and snow springs from a cloud,
and thunder from the fire of lightning.
Strong men destroy a city, and a tyrant
enslaves people through their ignorance.
A ship once out of port is hard to capture:
know this now before it is too late.”
― Solon

“Αυτό που προσδιορίζει πραγματικά τη δημοκρατία δεν είναι η ψηφοφορία των πολιτών που χορηγεί την εξουσία, αλλά η ψηφοφορία που την αφαιρεί.”
― Philippe Deane Gigantès, Power and Greed: A Short History of the World

“Öğüt verirken dostunuzu memnun etmeye değil, ona yardım etmeye çalışın.”
― Guy Kawasaki