Aristotle Quotes
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Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.
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Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.
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The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
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Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.
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Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.
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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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Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.
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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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The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.
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A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.
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Nature makes nothing incomplete, and nothing in vain.
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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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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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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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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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All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
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Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.
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A promise made must be a promise kept.
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All human happiness and misery take the form of action.