One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

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Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Democracy passes into despotism.

Democracy passes into despotism.

The good is the beautiful.

The good is the beautiful.

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

No trace of slavery ought to mix with the studies of the freeborn man. No...

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first...

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

Dictatorship naturally arises out of democracy, and the most aggravated form of tyranny and slavery...

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

Atheism is a disease of the soul, before it becomes an error of the understanding

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are.

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.