Aristotle Quotes
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Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute.
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There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man.
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Nothing is what rocks dream about.
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Happiness is the reward of virtue.
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Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life.
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The secret to humor is surprise.
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He who takes his fill of every pleasure ... becomes depraved; while he who avoids all pleasures alike ... becomes insensible.
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Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
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Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving.
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For that which has become habitual, becomes as it were natural.
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Happiness is a sort of action.
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Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature ever seeks an end.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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One has no friend who has many friends.
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When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.
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Evils draw men together.
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We must speak first about the division of land and about those who cultivate it: who should they be and what kind of person? We do not agree with those who have said that property should be communally owned, but we do believe that there should be a friendly arrangement for its common use, and that none of the citizens should be without means of support.
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The ideal man takes joy in doing favors for others.
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The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to.
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It is the activity of the intellect that constitutes complete human happiness - provided it be granted a complete span of life, for nothing that belongs to happiness can be incomplete.
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The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.
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The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.
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The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.
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The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.