Aristotle Quotes
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Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues.
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They who are to be judges must also be performers.
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The secret to humor is surprise.
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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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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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Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.
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To be always seeking after the useful does not become free and exalted souls.
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...for all men do their acts with a view to achieving something which is, in their view, a good.
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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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Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
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Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.
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All that one gains by falsehood is, not to be believed when he speaks the truth.
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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
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Suppose, then, that all men were sick or deranged, save one or two of them who were healthy and of right mind. It would then be the latter two who would be thought to be sick and deranged and the former not!
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If men think that a ruler is religious and has a reverence for the Gods, they are less afraid of suffering injustice at his hands.
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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It seems that ambition makes most people wish to be loved rather than to love others.
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The greatest of all pleasures is the pleasure of learning.
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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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Aristocracy is that form of government in which education and discipline are qualifications for suffrage and office holding.
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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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True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.
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What soon grows old? Gratitude.
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Fine friendship requires duration rather than fitful intensity.