ὅθεν ὕστερον ἐρωτηθεὶς εἰ τοὺς ἀρίστους Ἀθηναίοις νόμους ἔγραψεν, ‘ὧν ἄν,’ ἔφη, ‘προσεδέξαντο τοὺς ἀρίστους.’ ἃ δ᾽ οὖ οἱ νεώτεροι τοὺς Ἀθηναίους λέγουσι τὰς τῶν πραγμάτων δυσχερείας ὀνόμασι χρηστοῖς καὶ φιλανθρώποις ἐπικαλύπτοντας ἀστείως ὑποκορίζεσθαι,ὁμοῦ βίην τε καὶ δίκην συναρμόσας.
Solon, Frag. 36. 14 (Bergk)
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πρὸς τὸ ἄριστον: ἃ δὲ καὶ λέγων ἤλπιζε πειθομένοις καὶ προσάγων ἀνάγκην ὑπομένουσι χρήσασθαι, ταῦτ᾽ ἔπραττεν, ὥς φησιν αὐτός,
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