This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.

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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

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 as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

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,...

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Man punishes the action, but God the intention

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.

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 search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for...

The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Nature does nothing in vain.

Nature does nothing in vain.