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.

Quote by Aristotle

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In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be...

In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be...

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

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...

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

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...

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

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 not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not consider his appearance or his height, for...

But the Lord said to Samuel, Do not consider his appearance or his height, for...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...

Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly...