Book: Policy

Search everywhere only one good, least of all befits the people of high spiritual qualities, and Freeborn.

The best person prefers the best fun and derived from the finest sources.

From the habit of swearing developed and propensity to commit evil deeds.

Has formed the view that the real causes of happiness are in external goods; but it is as if the reason a brilliant and beautiful game on the cithara, began to see rather the tool itself and not in the art of playing.

Happiness is activity in the spirit of virtue and perfect application of the latter, and not in a conditional, but in the full sense; I mean under the conditional required, under the full - great by itself.

The Supreme good is happiness, and happiness is a perfect operation and application of virtue.

Be some depending on others and not be able to do whatever you please - it is useful: after all, giving everyone the opportunity to act on his desire can not protect against that evil that is inherent in every human being.

Three are the qualities of those who intend to occupy the highest positions: first, to sympathize with the existing state system; then, have a great ability to perform the duties associated with the position; third, to distinguish the virtue and justice appropriate to each type of public building.

Over time of misguided good will inevitably be followed by true evil, and the state system destroys the greed of the rich rather than ordinary people.

State is created not only in order to live, but primarily in order to live happily ever after.

The benefits for struggling people, rather, are achieved by means of virtue than of Vice, and in this respect they are absolutely right; but this is not what these benefits are put above virtues.

No one will seek office, not being ambitious. However, a large part of the deliberate crimes are committed by people it is because of ambition and greed.

We investigate not who is right, who is wrong, but what is right and wrong.

Human depravity is insatiable: at first, people only two obols, and when this becomes habitual, they will always need more, and so on to infinity. The fact that the desire of the people is by nature unlimited, and the satisfaction of these desires and is the life of most people.