Aristotle Quotes
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Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
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A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.
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When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.
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Again, the male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind.
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The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.
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The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
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Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.
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The intention makes the crime.
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A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.
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The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.
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Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.
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The quality of life is determined by its activities.
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The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny.
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The soul of man may be divided into two parts; that which has reason in itself, and that which hath not, but is capable of obeying its dictates.
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If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who labor little and receive or consume much. But indeed there is always a difficulty in men living together and having all human relations in common, but especially in their having common property.
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We should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste; for each and all will reveal to us something natural and something beautiful.
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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
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Happiness is at once the best, the noblest, and the pleasantest of things.
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
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If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
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Music directly represents the passions of the soul. If one listens to the wrong kind of music, he will become the wrong kind of person.