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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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

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;...

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.

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

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

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

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,...

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...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.