Aristotle
Ancient Greece
-384 // -322
Philosopher
-384 // -322
Philosopher
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Between friends there is no need of justice
Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them
All that we do is done with an eye to something else
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established
A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies
A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope
Wit is educated insolence
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do
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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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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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