In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interests are at stake. — Aristotle

In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interests are at stake.

In the original Greek

μεταβάλλουσι δ᾽ αἱ πολιτεῖαι καὶ ἄνευ στάσεως διά τε τὰς ἐριθείας

Politics · 350 BC
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Provenance
Current citation
Aristotle. Politics, translated by R. F. Stalley and Sir Ernest Barker. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 5.
Original citation
Aristotle. Politics. 4th century BC, bk. 5.

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