That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is skillful in gratifying them, he is esteemed a great statesman.

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Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly.

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...

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.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Philosophy is the highest music.

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...

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

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

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.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

I shall assume that your silence gives consent.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.

Tyranny naturally arises out of democracy.