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

Quote by Aristotle

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Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and...

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him...

The machine does not isolate man from the great problems of nature but plunges him...

I don't accept the maxim 'there's no gain without pain', physical or emotional. I believe...

I don't accept the maxim 'there's no gain without pain', physical or emotional. I believe...