Our object in the construction of the state is the greatest happiness of the whole, and not that of any one class.

Topics: Happiness Quotes

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

Democracy passes into despotism.

Democracy passes into despotism.

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions

She that fails to command her thoughts will soon lose command of her actions

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future in life.

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...

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

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

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age,...

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand,...

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

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

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...