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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.

Antisthenes Used To Say That Envious People Were Devoured By Their Own Disposition, Just As Iron Is By Rust. Envy Of Others Comes From Comparing What They Have With What The Envious Person Has, Rather Than The Envious Person Realising They Have More Than What They Could Have And Certainly More Than Some Others And Being Grateful. It Is Really Just An Inability To Get A Correct Perspective On Their Lives.

People Who Talk Well But Do Nothing Are Like Musical Intruments; The Sound Is All They Have To Offer.

I Am Not An Athenian Or A Greek, But A Citizen Of The World.

There Is Only A Finger's Difference Between A Wise Man And A Fool.