A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants.
Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice.
Man never legislates, but destinies and accidents, happening in all sorts of ways, legislate in all sorts of ways.
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Apply yourself both now and in the next life. Without effort, you cannot be prosperous. Though the land be good, You cannot have an abundant crop without cultivation.
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
Nothing can be more absurd than the practice that prevails in our country of men and women not following the same pursuits with all their strengths and with one mind, for thus, the state instead of being whole is reduced to half.
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