Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.

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Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Courage is knowing what not to fear.

Your silence gives consent.

Your silence gives consent.

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

This I know - that I know nothing.

This I know - that I know nothing.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a...

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

Kindness is difficult to give away because it keeps coming back

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and...

We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and...

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole,...

Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole,...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

He was a wise man who invented beer.

He was a wise man who invented beer.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.