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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Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

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.

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...

What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.

What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

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,...

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things...

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

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

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

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

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.

Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood.