It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

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The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to...

The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to...

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

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. . ....

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

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...

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

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...

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

The law is reason, free from passion.

The law is reason, free from passion.

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...