Aristotle Quotes

The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.

Aristotle

• Man
• Things
• Pleasant
• Indulgent
• Craves

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• The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.

  

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  • Man
  • Things
  • Pleasant