When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.

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Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

Honesty is for the most part less profitable than dishonesty.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

He who commits injustice is ever made more wretched than he who suffers it.

The wise are doubtful.

The wise are doubtful.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

No one is a friend to his friend who does not love in return.

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

Someday, in the distant future, our grandchildren's grandchildren will develop a new equivalent of our...

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.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by...

The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by...

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings.

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

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;...

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

Music and rhythm find their way into the secret places of the soul

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

There's a victory, and defeat; the first and best of victories, the lowest and worst...

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Their memory's like a train: you can see it getting smaller as it pulls away...

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits.

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep

If you want your dreams to come true, don't sleep