In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.

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The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

Free speech is too dangerous to a democracy to be permitted

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The known propensity of a democracy is to licentiousness which the ambitious call, and the...

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

The best principles of our republic secure to all its citizens a perfect equality of...

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what...

What is a wife and what is a harlot? What is a church and what...