Aristotle Quotes
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Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler.
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A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything.
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It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.
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We are what we repeatedly do... excellence, therefore, isn't just an act, but a habit and life isn't just a series of events, but an ongoing process of self-definition.
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To give away money is an easy matter and in any man's power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man's power nor an easy matter.
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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.
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Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions; music has thus the power to form character, and the various kinds of music based on various modes may be distinguished by their effects on character.
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When the looms spin by themselves, we'll have no need for slaves.
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The line between lawful and unlawful abortion will be marked by the fact of having sensation and being alive.
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Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.
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Peace is more difficult than war.
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It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.
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The precepts of the law may be comprehended under these three points: to live honestly, to hurt no man willfully, and to render every man his due carefully.
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It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
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The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
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The law is reason, free from passion.
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With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible.
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...happiness is an activity and a complete utilization of virtue, not conditionally but absolutely.
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The word is a sign or symbol of the impressions or affections of the soul.
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Man is by nature a political animal.
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Selfishness doesn't consist in a love to yourself, but in a big degree of such love.