Tag: Aristotle
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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
Aristotle
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It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
Aristotle
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
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Education is the best provision for old age.
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There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.
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If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature’s way.
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
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The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Persuasion is clearly a sort of demonstration, since we are most fully persuaded when we consider a thing to have been demonstrated.
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