The Basis Of A Democratic State Is

All Learning Is Derived From Things Previously Known.

Jealousy Is Both Reasonable And Belongs To Reasonable Men, While Envy Is Base And Belongs To The Base, For The One Makes Himself Get Good Things By Jealousy, While The Other Does Not Allow His Neighbour To Have Them Through Envy.

For The Real Difference Between Humans And Other Animals Is That Humans Alone Have Perception Of Good And Evil, Just And Unjust, Etc. It Is The Sharing Of A Common View In These Matters That Makes A Household And A State.

We Must As Second Best, As People Say, Take The Least Of The Evils.

Not To Get What You Have Set Your Heart On Is Almost As Bad As Getting Nothing At All.