Tag: Aristotle
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Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
Aristotle
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
Aristotle
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Persuasion is achieved by the speaker’s personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.
Aristotle
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
Aristotle
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Bad men are full of repentance.
Aristotle
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle
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Man is by nature a political animal.
Aristotle
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We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
Aristotle
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Aristotle
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Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.
Aristotle