Aristotle Quotes
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an end.
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Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
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A vivid image compels the whole body to follow.
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The energy or active exercise of the mind constitutes life.
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Philosophy begins with wonder.
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...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.
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Purpose ... is held to be most closely connected with virtue, and to be a better token of our character than are even our acts.
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Moral qualities are so constituted as to be destroyed by excess and by deficiency. . .
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Saying the words that come from knowledge is no sign of having it.
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
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It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.
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A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.
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95% of everything you do is the result of habit.
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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
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As to adultery, let it be held disgraceful, in general, for any man or woman to be found in any way unfaithful when they are married, and called husband and wife. If during the time of bearing children anything of the sort occur, let the guilty person be punished with a loss of privileges in proportion to the offense.
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These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.
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A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.
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Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either extreme democracy or absolute oligarchy, or despotism will come from either of those excesses.
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He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved.
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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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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions.