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- Irony and pity are two good counselors: one, in smiling, makes life pleasurable; the other, who cries, makes it sacred.
- Without the Utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked. It was Utopians who traced the lines of the first…
- The power of love itself weakens and gradually becomes lost with age, like all the other energies of man.
- Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.
- Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have lent to…
- Without the utopians of other times, men would still live in caves, miserable and naked;...utopia is the principle of all progress, adn the essay into…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour