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Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

by Aristotle Found in: Miscellaneous Quotes,
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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is read more

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

by Aristotle Found in: Wit Quotes,
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No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

by Aristotle Found in: Genius Quotes,
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The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the read more

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

by Aristotle Found in: Morals Quotes,
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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

by Aristotle Found in: Caracter Quotes,
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