In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.

Quote by Aristotle

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Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

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...

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;...

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

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

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

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...

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

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...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

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

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

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...