The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.

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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Limits exist only in the mind

Limits exist only in the mind

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 is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...