Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

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Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

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...

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

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...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

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...