Good laws, if not obeyed, do not constitute good government.
-- Aristotle (384-322 BCE) "Nicomachean Ethics" IV,8,1294a,4
-- Aristotle (384-322 BCE) "Nicomachean Ethics" IV,8,1294a,4
Related:
- All laws, whether good, bad, or indifferent,
must be obeyed to the letter... - Thus it is manifest that the best political community is formed by citizens
of the middle class,
and that those states are likely to be well-administered... - as sight is in the body, so is reason in the soul..
Aristotle -- Nicomachean Ethics, Bl. I, Ch. 6, 10966... - It is better for a city to be governed by a good man
than by good laws. --... - Les Miserables Metalaw
All laws, whether good,
bad, or indifferent, must be obeyed to the letter... - Even the gods cannot change history.
-- Agathon (448-400 B.C.)
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Quoted in Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Bk, VI, Ch... - Law is order,
and good law is good order. --... - To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
Everything in excess is opposed to nature.
Hippocrates (c.460-400... - Wicked men obey for fear,
but the good for love. --...
From the same category:
- Woman -- a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment,
a necessary evil. -- St. Joannes Chrysostomus... - Marriage is the only adventure open to cowards.
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Voltaire (1694-1778) "Pens‚es d'un... - The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has
a past,
and every sinner a future. -- Oscar Wilde (1854... - I have often said, and oftener think, that this world is a comedy for those
who thing,
and a tragedy for those who feel. -- Horace Wapole... - A belief is not true because it is useful. --
Henri Frederic Amiel (1821...
