That city in which those who are not wronged, no less than … - Solon

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

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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.

Do not counsel what is most pleasant, but what is best.

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.

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

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