To the rulers of the state then, if to any, it belongs of right to use falsehood, to deceive either enemies or their own citizens, for the good of the state: and no one else may meddle with this privilege

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I would fain grow old learning many things.

I would fain grow old learning many things.

It is right to give every man his due.

It is right to give every man his due.

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Kindness is more than deeds. It is an attitude, an expression, a look, a touch....

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Poets utter great and wise things which they do not themselves understand.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

Necessity... the mother of invention.

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...

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

They certainly give very strange names to diseases.

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be...

The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to...

The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to...

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

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

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman;...

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman;...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

All the gold which is under or upon the earth is not enough to give...

Science is nothing but perception.

Science is nothing but perception.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

There is no such thing as a lovers' oath.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

It is a common saying, and in everybody's mouth, that life is but a sojourn.

Love is a serious mental disease.

Love is a serious mental disease.

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...

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy...

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy...

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty...

Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty...