Aristotle

Greek philosopher and scientist [Tutor of Alexander the Great]

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Birth: 384-322

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For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve.

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The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection [Are] that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.

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Most people would rather give than get affection.

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Anyone can become angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is not easy.

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We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

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Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

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Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small a portion of time that the impression of it will be confused. Nor can any very large one, for a whole view of it cannot be had at once, and

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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.

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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

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Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

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It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way… that is not easy.

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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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Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.

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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.

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Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.

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Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

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For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.

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Education is the best provision for old age.

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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

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The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

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All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.

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The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.

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Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

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The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

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No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.

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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

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Cruel is the strife of brothers.

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Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.

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Friendship is essentially a partnership.

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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

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To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in two bodies.''

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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

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Without friends no one would choose to live.

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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

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It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.

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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.

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Happiness is a sort of action.

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Happiness depends upon ourselves.

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If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.

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Hope is the dream of a waking man.

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Man is by nature a political animal.