Home > Topic > Solon
1 " America acknowledged the greatness of Confucius through a trio of ancient lawgivers—Moses flanked by Confucius to his right and Solon on his left—on the monument to “Justice, the Guardian of Liberty” displayed on the eastern pediment of the U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. "
― , Peaceful War: How the Chinese Dream and the American Destiny Create a New Pacific World Order
2 " A pedant who beheld Solon weeping for the death of a son said to him, ‘Why do you weep thus, if weeping avails nothing?’ And the sage answered him, ‘Precisely for that reason—because it does not avail. "
― Miguel de Unamuno , Tragic Sense of Life
