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A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast. - [Badness] A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth. - [Bravery] A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies. - [Danger] A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments. - [Democracy] A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to please a few. - [Tyranny] A true friend is one soul in two bodies. - [Friends] A very populous city can rarely, if ever, be well governed. - [Cities] A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end. - [Beginnings] All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature. - [Nature] All men by nature desire to know. - [Knowledge] All men naturally desire knowledge. - [Knowledge] All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. - [Work] All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. - [Right] All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth. - [Falsehood] All that we do is done with an eye to something else. - [Deeds] All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. - [Virtue] All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. - [Education] Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them. - [Law] As often as we do good, we offer sacrifice to God. - [Benevolence] At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. - [Law] Bad men are full of repentance. - [Repentance] Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. - [Bashfulness] Between friends there is no need of justice. - [Friends] Civil confusions often spring from trifles but decide great issues. - [Confusion] Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they were equal in any respect, they were equal absolutely. - [Democracy] Displaying page 1 of 6 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5 6
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