The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

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A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

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...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

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

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

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.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

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.

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

In every good man a God dwell

In every good man a God dwell