Aristotle Quotes
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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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A promise made must be a promise kept.
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Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.
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The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
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For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is pleasant.
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A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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Everyone honors the wise.
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All communication must lead to change.
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Money originated with royalty and slavery, it has nothing to do with democracy or the struggle of the empoverished enslaved majority.
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Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.
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All human happiness and misery take the form of action.
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Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.
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Bad people...are in conflict with themselves; they desire one thing and will another, like the incontinent who choose harmful pleasures instead of what they themselves believe to be good.
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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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A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.
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Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
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Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.
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Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune.
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The physician heals, Nature makes well.
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Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues.
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What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.
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The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.
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Those who act receive the prizes.