Ocupation: Philosopher
Life: 384 BC - 322 BC
Birthday: 384 BC
Death: 322 BC
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 recurrence of small expenses in time eats up a fortune.
source: Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.335, Simon and Schuster
topic: Transgression, Recurrence, Jealously