“If I knew a miser, who gave up every kind of comfortable living, all the pleasure of doing good to others, all the esteem of his fellow-citizens, and the joys of benevolent friendship, for the sake of accumulating wealth. Poor man, said I, you pay too much for your whistle.” IfsMenKindSaidJoyWealthPleasurePoorPayToo MuchCitizensComfortableFellowsSakeEsteemDoing GoodGave UpPoor ManBenevolentMisersAccumulating Wealth Book:Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth Source: Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth
“Socrates, indeed, when he was asked of what country he called himself, said, "Of the world"; for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.” WorldSaidCountryWholeCitizensWhole World Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Asked where he came from, he said, "I am a citizen of the world."” WorldSaidCitizens Author:Diogenes
“The tyrant, who in order to hold his power, suppresses every superiority, does away with good men, forbids education and light, controls every movement of the citizens and, keeping them under a perpetual servitude, wants them to grow accustomed to baseness and cowardice, has his spies everywhere to listen to what is said in the meetings, and spreads dissension and calumny among the citizens and impoverishes them, is obliged to make war in order to keep his subjects occupied and impose on them permanent need of a chief.” MenWantNeedsDoeSaidWarLightOrderGrowsSubjectsMovementCitizensMeetingsSpreadChiefsPermanentGood ManTyrantsCowardicePerpetualSuperiorityAccustomedSpyObligedServitudeCalumnyDissensionBaseness Author:Aristotle
“We must speak first about the division of land and about those who cultivate it: who should they be and what kind of person? We do not agree with those who have said that property should be communally owned, but we do believe that there should be a friendly arrangement for its common use, and that none of the citizens should be without means of support.” ShouldFirstsBelieveKindMeanPersonsSaidUseWisdomPoliticsSpeakCommonSupportEconomyLandCitizensAgreePropertyLiberalismFriendlyDivisionArrangements Author:Aristotle