Aristotle Quotes
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Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself.
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Error is multiform, whereas success is possible in one way only; so this is another reason why excess and deficiency are a mark of vice, and observance of the mean a mark of virtue: Goodness is simple, badness is manifold.
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Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune.
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Our actions determine our dispositions.
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The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
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Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.
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We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
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It is no easy task to be good.
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Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues.
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The excellence of a thing is related to its proper function.
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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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All communication must lead to change.
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The law does not expressly permit suicide, and what it does not permit it forbids.
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Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, therein lies your vocation. These two, your talents and the needs of the world, are the great wake up calls to your true vocation in life... to ignore this, is in some sense, is to lose your soul.
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Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.
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Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.
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The secret to humor is surprise.
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A promise made must be a promise kept.
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Human beings are curious by nature.
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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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Human good turns out to be activity of soul exhibiting excellence, and if there is more than one sort of excellence, in accordance with the best and most complete.For one swallow does not makea summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy.
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Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.
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When we deliberate it is about means and not ends.