Solon Quote

“If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.”

~ Solon
(c.638 BC-558 BC) Athenian statesman, lawmaker, Lyric poet, renowned as a founding father of the Athenian polis, one of the Seven Sages of Greece
Diogenes Laërtius (trans. C. D. Yonge) The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (1853), "Solon", sect. 5, p. 25.

God , Government , Oppression , Proverbs , Responsibility , Slavery , Vice

Ratings and Comments

J Carlton, Calgary 3/13/12

The people should not complain for letting their Government become their rulers? Au Contraire! The people must wrest their liberties and freedoms from the hands of their government....again.

jim k, Austin, Tx 3/13/12

J got it right.

Eloisa, Yuma,AZ 3/13/12

We should learn from history.

James Young, Reno, Nevada 12/12/14

The U.S.A. is a prime example of this quote. Because the founders left the citizenry too few checks and balances toward the establishment of THEIR Government, we now have a Government run amuck.

Solon Quote

“If through your vices you afflicted are, Lay not the blame of your distress on God; You made your rulers mighty, gave them guards, So now you groan 'neath slavery's heavy rod.”

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