"People generally despise where they flatter...." - Quote by Aristotle
People generally despise where they flatter.
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“Revolutions are effected in two ways, by force and by fraud.”
“We are better able to study our neighbours than ourselves, and their actions than our own.”
“Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only say: May our state be constituted in such a manner as to be blessed with the goods of which fortune disposes (for we acknowledge her power): whereas virtue and goodness in the state are not a matter of chance but the result of knowledge and purpose. A city can be virtuous only when the citizens who have a share in the government are virtuous, and in our state all the citizens share in the government.”
More on Hypocrisy
“If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference,' you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.”
“I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world”
“Love of glory, fear of shame, greed for fortune, the desire to make life agreeable and comfortable, and the wish to depreciate others - all of these are often the causes of the bravery that is spoken so highly of by men.”