The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.

Quote by Aristotle

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The law is reason, free from passion.

The law is reason, free from passion.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

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 unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to...

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to...

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he...

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he...

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...

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

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...

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

People generally despise where they flatter

People generally despise where they flatter

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a...

Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a...

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

I regard no man as poor who has a godly mother.

The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down...

The quickest way for a parent to get a child's attention is to sit down...

The hours my husband works makes me feel like a single parent, which I never...

The hours my husband works makes me feel like a single parent, which I never...

Remember that the task of a single mom is not a joke. It is very...

Remember that the task of a single mom is not a joke. It is very...