Aristotle Quotes
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The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.
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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.
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The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.
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There are still two forms besides democracy and oligarchy; one of them is universally recognized and included among the four principal forms of government, which are said to be (1) monarchy, (2) oligarchy, (3) democracy, and (4) the so-called aristocracy or government of the best. But there is also a fifth, which retains the generic name of polity or constitutional government.
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The soul becomes prudent by sitting and being quiet.
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A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.
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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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If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once.
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Character is revealed through action.
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Happiness lies in virtuous activity, and perfect happiness lies in the best activity, which is contemplative.
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Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole.
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In part, art completes what nature cannot elaborate; and in part it imitates nature.
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Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.
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Friendship is essentially a partnership.
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Wickedness is nourished by lust.
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It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit.
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That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable.
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And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.
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Meanness is incurable; it cannot be cured by old age, or by anything else.
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Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
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Well begun is half done.
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People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.
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Whether we call it sacrifice, or poetry, or adventure, it is always the same voice that calls.
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The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.