Culture Quotes

Collection of phrases and quotes about culture.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Tyrants surround themselves with wicked men because they like to be flattered, and no man of elevated spirit will flatter them.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The only stable state is the one in which all citizens are equal before the law.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The city (polis) is one of the things that exist by nature; and man is, by nature, a political animal.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The command of many is not good; one chief is enough.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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All governments die from the exaggeration of their principle.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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How pleasant it would be a world in which no one was allowed to operate in the stock market unless they had passed an exam in Greek economics and poetry, and in which politicians were required to have a solid knowledge of history and modern novels!

George Santayana

George Santayana

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Fanaticism consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your aim.

Moritz Gottlieb Saphir

Moritz Gottlieb Saphir

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Humanity ceases to throw stones at its superior spirits as soon as it can raise a monument to them.

José Saramago

José Saramago

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I don't believe in God, I don't need it, and besides, I'm a good person.

Jean Baptiste Say

Jean Baptiste Say

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As fear is the greatest torment of tyrants, the most unforgivable crime in their eyes is to make them feel fear.

René Schenker

René Schenker

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Television should avoid always presenting a rosy picture of reality.