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Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of governmen...more

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Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more ful...more

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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by je...more

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It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this be...more

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The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it ...more

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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

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Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good...more