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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Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

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.

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is...

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

The law is reason free from passion

The law is reason free from passion

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...

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...

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Nature does nothing in vain.

Nature does nothing in vain.

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the...

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the...

The heart that can no longer love passionately, must with fury hate

The heart that can no longer love passionately, must with fury hate

Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom.

Those people, who hate you, envy your freedom.