Aristotle Quotes
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It is of itself that the divine thought thinks, and its thinking is a thinking on thinking.
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Everyone honors the wise.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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A promise made must be a promise kept.
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Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.
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It is our actions and the soul's active exercise of its functions that we posit as being Happiness.
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The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.
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Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.
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For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .
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The avarice of mankind is insatiable.
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Human beings are curious by nature.
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Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.
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All human happiness and misery take the form of action.
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Nature makes nothing incomplete, and nothing in vain.
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Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.
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Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
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The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it.
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Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune.
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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
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Those who act receive the prizes.
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Thus every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.
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Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good.