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The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
[ Equality ]
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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
[ Equality ]
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Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.
[ Equality ]
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Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be composed of slaves, or the animal creation... nor is it an alliance mutually to defend each other from injuries, or for a commercial intercourse. But whosoever endeavors to establish wholesome laws in a state, attends to the virtues and vices of each individual who composes it; from whence it is evident, that the first care of him who would found a city, truly deserving that name, and not nominally so, must be to have his citizens virtuous.
[ Society ]
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
[ Suffering ]
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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
[ Animals ]
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Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
[ Confidence ]
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Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.
[ Crime ]
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No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
[ Evil ]
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
[ Pleasure ]
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Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard.
[ Praise ]
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For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.
[ Achievement ]
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This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.
[ Parents ]
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The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
[ Teachers ]
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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
[ Cities ]
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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
[ Habit ]
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
[ Habit ]
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The secret to humor is surprise.
[ Humor ]
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