This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector.

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For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

For good nurture and education implant good constitutions.

Even the gods love jokes

Even the gods love jokes

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up...

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

He who is not a good servant will not be a good master.

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and...

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.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

To suffer the penalty of too much haste, which is too little speed.

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

Entire ignorance is not so terrible or extreme an evil, and is far from being...

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said...

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

I exhort you also to take part in the great combat, which is the combat...

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

There is no harm in repeating a good thing.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

The greatest wealth is to live content with little.

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care...

If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care...

The demands of modern living are so exacting that men and women everywhere must exercise...

The demands of modern living are so exacting that men and women everywhere must exercise...

Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.

Riches are not from abundance of worldly goods, but from a contented mind.