Aristotle

Ancient Greece
-384 // -322
Philosopher

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Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy
Friendship is essentially a partnership
Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies
For what is the best choice, for each individual is the highest it is possible for him to achieve
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil
Education is the best provision for old age
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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