Solon

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Call no man happy until he is dead

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Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom

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[The answer of Solon to the question 'Which is the most perfect popular government?']That where the least injury done to the meanest individual, is considered as an insult on the whole constitution

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count no man happy until he be dead

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The answer of Solon on the question, 'Which is the most perfect popular govemment,' has never been exceeded by any man since his time, as containing a maxim of political morality, 'That,' says he, 'where the least injury done to the meanest individual, is considered as an insult on the whole constitution