When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income.

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When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty and there is...

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

The highest reach of injustice is to be deemed just when you are not.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

Hardly any human being is capable of pursuing two professions or two arts rightly.

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....

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men...

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...

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Those who seek power are not worthy of that power.

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

Excess of liberty, whether it lies in state or individuals, seems only to pass into...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy...

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

What a poor appearance the tales of poets make when stripped of the colors which...

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

Abstinence is the surety of temperance

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...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

Then not only an old man, but also a drunkard, becomes a second time a...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a...

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.

Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.