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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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...

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

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

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

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...

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

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...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

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...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

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...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

SUCCESS Weakens & FAILURE Strengthens. Got to believe in it !!

SUCCESS Weakens & FAILURE Strengthens. Got to believe in it !!

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now...

Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now...