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" The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction. "

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" Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns. "

" Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. "

" The measure of a man is what he does with power. "

Measure Of A Man

" Man - a being in search of meaning. "

" Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. "

" Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance. "

" Twice and thrice over, as they say, good is it to repeat and review what is good. "

" To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less. "

" Justice in the life and conduct of the State is possible only as first it resides in the hearts and souls of the citizens. "

" Human behavior flows from three main sources: desire, emotion, and knowledge. "

" Courage is knowing what not to fear. "

" 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. "

" For the introduction of a new kind of music must be shunned as imperiling the whole state; since styles of music are never disturbed without affecting the most important political institutions. "

" Science is nothing but perception. "

" Those who intend on becoming great should love neither themselves nor their own things, but only what is just, whether it happens to be done by themselves or others. "

" Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another. "

" Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence. "

" Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. "

" Democracy passes into despotism. "

" Democracy... is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder; and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike. "

" We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise. "

" Life must be lived as play. "

" Knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind. "

" Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. "

" Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences. "

" 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. "

" Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. "

" The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom. "

" There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot. "

" Man is a wingless animal with two feet and flat nails. "