So Solon Says --- "Father of Democracy"
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So Solon Says that virtue's still
So ever present of the will
within the man who is now good
and back as far as Solon Stood
Of money changing minds of men
from good to bad and back again
of cash corrupting heart and soul
and virtue no longer the goal
So rich or poor and in between
may virtue still this day be seen
may virtue rise and see again
the forefront of the minds of men.
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[edit] Solon the reformer and poet
Solon was a voice for political moderation in Athens at a time when
his fellow citizens were increasingly polarized by social and economic
differences. That at least is the view of Solon that emerges from his
own poems:
Some wicked men are rich, some good are poor;
We will not change our virtue for their store:
Virtue's a thing that none can take away,
But money changes owners all the day.[4]