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" This City is what it is because our citizens are what they are. "

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" This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears he is a protector. "

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" When there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income. "

" We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light. "

" Courage is knowing what not to fear. "

" The blame is his who chooses: God is blameless. "

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

" No man should bring children into the world who is unwilling to persevere to the end in their nature and education. "

" The eyes of the soul of the multitudes are unable to endure the vision of the divine. "

" 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. "

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Measure Of A Man

" Truth is the beginning of every good to the gods, and of every good to man. "

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

" To love rightly is to love what is orderly and beautiful in an educated and disciplined way. "

" The community which has neither poverty nor riches will always have the noblest principles. "

" A state arises, as I conceive, out of the needs of mankind; no one is self-sufficing, but all of us have many wants. "

" For a man to conquer himself is the first and noblest of all victories. "

" The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so. "

" Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment. "

" Wealth is well known to be a great comforter. "

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" Man - a being in search of meaning. "