The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
From Aristotle
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
Most people would rather give than get affection.
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
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