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

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The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind,...

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Of all the animals, the boy is the most unmanageable.

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing...

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The measure of a man is what he does with power.

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the...

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom.

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

Old age has a great sense of calm and freedom. When the passions have relaxed...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

We ought to esteem it of the greatest importance that the fictions which children first...

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.

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what...

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.

Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

Where the law is most strictly administered, it sometimes causes the greatest wrong

If you help someone and expect a return its not help.

If you help someone and expect a return its not help.