He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Quote by Aristotle

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Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

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.

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...

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true...

All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true...

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

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.

Society punishes rebels; nature kills them

Society punishes rebels; nature kills them

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Beauty is the gift of God.

Beauty is the gift of God.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to...

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith...

Nowadays the world is becoming increasingly materialistic, and mankind is reaching toward the very zenith...

This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him;...

This is the ultimate end of man, to find the One which is in him;...