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“Have in readiness this saying of Solon, "But we will not give up our virtue in exchange for their wealth."”
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- Source:
- How to profit by our Enemies.
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- a195240b8f36f1278b5e9548034d11a4108432ebda20f6dbd21f36d72997027d
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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