Solon, Fragment 9.5-6

“It is not easy for a man raised too high to restrain himself later.”

“λίην δ’ ἐξάραντ’ <οὐ> ῥάιδιόν ἐστι κατασχεῖν”

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So says Solon, who left power in Athens (according to Plutarch, oh, and that guy Herodotus...)