Aristotle Quotes
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When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.
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With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.
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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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Our actions determine our dispositions.
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What we know is not capable of being otherwise; of things capable of being otherwise we do not know, when they have passed outsideour observation, whether they exist or not. Therefore the object of knowledge is of necessity. Therefore it is eternal; for things that are of necessity in the unqualified sense are all eternal; and things that are eternal are ungenerated and imperishable.
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The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.
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Some vices miss what is right because they are deficient, others because they are excessive, in feelings or in actions, while virtue finds and chooses the mean.
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These, then, are the four kinds of royalty. First the monarchy of the heroic ages; this was exercised over voluntary subjects, but limited to certain functions; the king was a general and a judge, and had the control of religion The second is that of the barbarians, which is a hereditary despotic government in accordance with law. A third is the power of the so-called Aesynmete or Dictator; this is an elective tyranny. The fourth is the Lacedaemonian, which is in fact a generalship, hereditary and perpetual.
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Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.
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Evils draw men together.
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Friends enhance our ability to think and act.
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Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
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Authority is no source for Truth.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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A person's life persuades better than his word.
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All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature.
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The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
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But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.
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Friendship also seems to be the bond that hold communities together.
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A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.
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Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.