Solon Quotes

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.

The only people who steal are thieves, and that's a very small percentage of civilization. Most people want to have some way to make the economic transaction valid. They want to return the favor, if you will... return the benefit and reciprocate.

Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you.

'Do other men, for they would do you.' That's the true business precept.

Never trust a man who says he is only a little crooked, and that the crookedness is exercised in your interest.

Mutual cheating is the foundation of society.

Let every Latter-day Saint give value received for everything he gets, whether it be in work, or whatever he does.

If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.

In just about every area of society, there's nothing more important than ethics.

One must not cheat anyone, not even the world of its victory.

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

I have found no greater satisfaction than achieving success through honest dealing and strict adherence to the view that, for you to gain, those you deal with should gain as well.

If I am treated fairly, I like to do things in a fair manner. That is the way I have been all my career. I haven't tried to do things in an underhanded way.

I'm not a cheater. I've never cheated in my life.

Never lie, never cheat, never steal.

If you treat people right they will treat you right — ninety percent of the time.

I think most people agree with the idea of shared sacrifice, but for many, when push comes to shove, that principle goes out the window.

It doesn't make me feel good to be conniving and manipulative. I can't do that.

I don't cheat.

I am not a cheater.

I'd rather the handshake for somebody that I can trust than a contract. Because you can read the bloody contract - perhaps if you made a little bit of a mistake writing it - in a way to suit you.

Personally I've never put much store by honesty- I mean how can you trust a word whose first letter you don't even pronounce

A hero must be honorable, must have honor. And you can't have honor if you're a liar. There is no honor in lying.