Aristotle Quotes
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The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.
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Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.
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The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
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The good citizen need not of necessity possess the virtue which makes a good man.
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If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
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Before you heal the body you must first heal the mind.
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To love someone is to identify with them.
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Every realm of nature is marvelous.
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A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions.
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Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions.
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The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.
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Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
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People do not naturally become morally excellent or practically wise. They become so, if at all, only as the result of lifelong personal and community effort.
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In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.
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Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing.
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Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.
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People never know each other until they have eaten a certain amount of salt together.
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One who faces and who fears the right things and from the right motive, in the right way and at the right time, posseses character worthy of our trust and admiration.
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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
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It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual progression raising questions about the greater matters too.
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Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life.
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Patience s bitter, but it's fruit is sweet.
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The basis of a democratic state is liberty.
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If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who labor little and receive or consume much. But indeed there is always a difficulty in men living together and having all human relations in common, but especially in their having common property.