Aristotle Quotes
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Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.
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The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
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All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.
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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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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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Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune.
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Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
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Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
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Those who act receive the prizes.
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The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either.
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Democracy arose from men’s thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely in all respects.
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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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Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues.
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All communication must lead to change.
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A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.
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A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.
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The physician heals, Nature makes well.
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All learning is derived from things previously known.
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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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.