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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.

Wise Kings Generally Have Wise Counselors; And He Must Be A Wise Man Himself Who Is Capable Of Distinguishing One.

You Will Become A Teacher Of Yourself When For The Same Things That You Blame Others, You Also Blame Yourself.

One Original Thought Is Worth A Thousand Mindless Quotings

If You Are To Be Kept Right, You Must Possess Either Good Friends Or Red-hot Enemies. The One Will Warn You, The Other Will Expose You.