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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Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are...

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are...

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

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

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

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

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...

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

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...

Limits exist only in the mind

Limits exist only in the mind

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for...

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

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

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.