Aristotle
Ancient Greece
-384 // -322
Philosopher
-384 // -322
Philosopher
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Well begun is half done
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
We make war that we may live in peace
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so
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
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal
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
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival
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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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