A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.
Aristotle Quotes
Democracy arose from men’s thinking that if they were equal in any respect, they were equal absolutely.
The beginning, as the proverb says, is half the whole.
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth-while to live.
Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
The coward calls the brave man rash, the rash man calls him a coward.
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Some men are just as firmly convinced of what they think as others of what they know.
