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Philosophy can make people sick.

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It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit

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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.

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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consi...more

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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

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The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.

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All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

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For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize.

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All men by nature desire knowledge.

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Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.

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When states are democratically governed according to law, there are no demagogues, and the best citizens are securely in the saddle; but where the law...more