If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame … - Solon

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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.

Solon

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Solon (c. 638 BCE – c. 558 BCE) was an Athenian statesman, lawgiver and poet. He is numbered among the Seven Sages of Greece.

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Native Name: Σόλων ο Αθηναίος

Alternative Names: Solon of Athens

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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.

Γηράσκω δ’ αἰεὶ πολλὰ διδασκόμενος.

Rule, after you have first learned to submit to rule.

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 '… - Solon

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