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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For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

For just as poets love their own works, and fathers their own children, in the...

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much,...

He who steals a little steals with the same wish as he who steals much,...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust...

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

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...

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

They do certainly give very strange, and newfangled, names to diseases.

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned...

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

Necessity, who is the mother of invention.

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look...

It is clear to everyone that astronomy at all events compels the soul to look...

Democracy passes into despotism.

Democracy passes into despotism.

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,...

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,...

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is...

A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is...

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...

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

The most effective kind of education is that a child should play amongst lovely things.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories.

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is...

Time on its back bears all things far away - Full many a challenge is...

Never give in.. never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty,...

Never give in.. never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty,...

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them...

The only way to find the limits of the possible is by going beyond them...