Quotes on history

“Democracy, which is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequals alike.”

Topics: charming, democracy, government

“The object of education is to teach us to love what is beautiful.”

Topics: beautiful, education, history

“What I say is that “

Topics: history, justice, means

“The beginning is the most important part of the work.”

Topics: almost, beginning, history

“It is never right to do wrong or to requite wrong with wrong, or when we suffer evil to defend ourselves by doing evil in return.”

Topics: history, never, quote

“How, then, might we contrive… One noble lie to persuade if possible the rulers themselves, but failing that the rest of the city?”

Topics: history, nobler, persuade

“Friends have all things in common.”

Topics: common, friends, history

“Wealth is the parent of luxury and indolence, and poverty of meanness and viciousness, and both of discontent.”

Topics: history, indolence, luxury

“Of all wild creatures, the child is the most intractable.”

Topics: almost, child, creatures

“Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another.”

Topics: astronomy, compels, history

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