Aristotle Quotes
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A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility.
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It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
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There is more both of beauty and of raison d'etre in the works of nature- than in those of art.
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Rightness in our choice of an end is secured by Moral Virtue.
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Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.
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That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.
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Every great genius has an admixture of madness.
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Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled ; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.
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Civil confusions often spring from trifles but decide great issues.
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The probable is what usually happens.
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Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative.
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Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man.
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It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.
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If you see a man approaching with the obvious intent of doing you good, run for your life.
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Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge.
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Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue.
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A man is the origin of his action.
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Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes.
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The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means.
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If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
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Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.