If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.

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Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard

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.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

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.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

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

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

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.