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Solon used to say that

Solon used to say that speech was the image of actions... that laws were like cobwebs, --for that if any trifling or powerless thing fell into them, they held it fast while if it were something weightier, it broke through them and was off.
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Blushing is the color of

Blushing is the color of virtue.
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The mob is the mother

The mob is the mother of tyrants.
👁️ 45

When Thales was asked what

When Thales was asked what was difficult, he said, 'To know one's self.' And what was easy, 'To advise another.'
👁️ 90

Democritus says, But we know

Democritus says, But we know nothing really for truth lies deep down.
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Chilo advised, not to speak

Chilo advised, not to speak evil of the dead.
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He used to say that

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.
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He said that there was

He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge and one only evil, namely, ignorance.
👁️ 47

Time is the image of

Time is the image of eternity.
👁️ 46

'Bury me on my face,'

'Bury me on my face,' said Diogenes and when he was asked why, he replied, 'Because in a little while everything will be turned upside down.'
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