All from Aristotle:
‘But even if one were to fix a moderate amount for all, that would still be no use: for it is more necessary to equalize appetites than possessions'
‘men’s ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice’
‘men and women have different parts to play in managing the household: his to win, hers to preserve.’
‘The virtue of a person being ruled is not practical wisdom but correct opinion.’
‘he who asks law to rule is asking God and intelligence and no others to rule; while he who asks for the rule of a human being is importing a wild beast too; for desire is like a wild beast, and anger perverts rules and the very best of men.'
‘it is a democracy whenever the free are sovereign, oligarchy when the rich are sovereign.’
‘a state cannot be made out of any and every collection of people’
‘It is always the weaker who go in search of justice and equality; the strong reck nothing of them.’
‘the question whether a job is honourable or not is to be decided less with reference to the actions themselves than in the light of their end and purpose.’
‘The same thing is true of men’s relations both with each other and the things they encounter: we always delight more in what comes first. Therefore we must keep all that is of inferior quality unfamiliar to the young, particularly things with an ingredient of wickedness and hostility.’
‘to be constantly asking “what is the use of it?” is unbecoming to those of broad vision and unworthy of free men.’
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