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He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.
He who hath many friends hath none.
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Hope is a waking dream.
Hope is the dream of a waking man.
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
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