Aristotle Quotes

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

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Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.

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

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

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Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty

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The basis of a democratic state is liberty.

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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.

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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.

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He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude

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The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

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

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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.

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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

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Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities

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