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I have his own words here
On all this -- brief and clear:
Let's think of them, my dear,
Sometimes when we two mix
In tedious politics
With its transparent tricks,
Much being under threat
Since we met --
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The doings of the lady
From Cyprus I love now
and of Dionysus, and
of the muses, for these three
give people happiness
(so he wrote having written
also the laws for Athens
at her best).
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And though whatever we do
May scatter in defeat
At last -- still it is true,
For these three time slows down,
While they are going on,
Until, in them alone,
Happiness is complete.
Solon knew