Many evil men are rich, and good men poor,
But we shall not exchange with them our excellence for riches.

πολλοὶ γὰρ πλουτεῦσι κακοί, ἀγαθοὶ δὲ πένονται:
ἀλλ᾽ ἡμεῖς αὐτοῖς οὐ διαμειψόμεθα
τῆς ἀρετῆς τὸν πλοῦτον

Solon

Quoted in Plutarch's Lives, by Plutarch

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Topic

Virtue Wealth

Speaker

Solon

Author

Plutarch

Source

Solon Plutarch's Lives

Language

Greek

Time

560 BC 560s BC 6th century BC

Occupation

Statesman Politician

From

Greece Europe Ancient Greece

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Solon. Quoted in "Solon." Parallel Lives by Plutarch. c. 2nd century BC, ch. 3.

Current Citation

Solon. Quoted in "Solon." Greek Lives, written by Plutarch, translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2009.

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Citation

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
6th century BC
Era
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The unexamined life is not worth living.

Socrates

Quoted in Apology, by Plato

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Speaker
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Author

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Source
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Medium
Courtroom speech Speech
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
Greek
Time
399 BC 390s BC 4th century BC
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 2
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Current Citation

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