Solon Quotes

Never trust a man who lays his hand on his heart when he assures you of anything.

For every hand extended another lies in wait. Keep your eye on that one girl...anticipate.

I detest the man who hides on thing in the depths of his heart and speaks forth another.

In the midst of the disguises and artifices that reign among men, it is only attention and vigilance that can save us from surprises.

Experience teaches you that the man who looks you straight in the eye, particularly if he adds a firm handshake, is hiding something.

The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it.

Oh, I can spot a phoney a mile away.

It is important not to trust people too much.

Trust everybody, but cut the cards.

The heart that is conscious of its own integrity is ever slow to credit another´s treachery.

I learned not to trust people; I learned not to believe what they say but to watch what they do; I learned to suspect that anyone and everyone is capable of 'living a lie'. I came to believe that other people - even when you think you know them well - are ultimately unknowable.

We have to look at our history and realize that if they pretend to be our friend it's because they've got something up their sleeve.

Those that trust no one, usually end up trusting the wrong person."-Umma to Midnight

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

Fair speech may hide a foul heart.

Whatever convenience may be thought to be in falsehood and dissimulation, it is soon over; but the inconvenience of it is perpetual, because it brings a man under everlasting jealousy and suspicion, so that he is not believed when he speaks the truth, nor trusted when perhaps he means honestly.

Like everybody and trust no one.

The let-alone lies not in your good will.

Light-heartedness always made Soames suspicious - there was generally some reason for it.

Faithful heart may have froward tongue.

I learned to trust the threats of enemies before the promises of friends.

The truth is the last thing that matters,' she said. 'And you can believe one thing of the truth and me: I keep it well hidden, inside my heart.

If yee would know a knave, give him a staffe.

What would you think if I told you that I wasn’t an Allomancer?” Sazed asked. “I’d think that you were lying,” Vin said. “Have you known me to lie before?” “The best liars are those who tell the truth most of the time.