Aristotle Quotes
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As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful when they are married, and called husband and wife. If during the time of bearing children anything of the sort occur, let the guilty person be punished with a loss of privileges in proportion to the offense.
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Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
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Universal is known according to reason, but that which is particular, according to sense...
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Art is identical with a state of capacity to make, involving a true course of reasoning.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present, and who are not aware that life had been, and could be, different from what it is.
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Greed has no boundaries.
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Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.
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So the good has been well explained as that at which all things aim.
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Happiness is a certain activity of soul in conformity with perfect goodness.
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Law is mind without reason.
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Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man.
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Youth loves honor and victory more than money.
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Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
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Perception starts with the eye.
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He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless.
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A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.
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One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done.
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What we expect, that we find.
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Education begins at the level of the learner.
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Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men have an inward sense of what is beautiful, and the highest wisdom is to trust this intuition and be guided by it. The answer to the last appeal of what is right lies within a man's own breast. Trust thyself.
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God has many names, though He is only one Being.
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In order to be effective you need not only virtue but also mental strength.