consequences Quotes

In all well-attempered governments there is nothing which should be more jealously maintained than the spirit of obedience to law, more especially in small matters; for transgression creeps in unperceived and at last ruins the state, just as the constant... ...

It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.

If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.

Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage.

It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether a good or bad man has committed adultery: the law can look only to the amount of... ...

Happiness is the reward of virtue.

The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.

All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.

When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.