Aristotle Quotes



       “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” 
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       “There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
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        “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.” 
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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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      “The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” 
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       “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” 
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        “Happiness depends upon ourselves.” 
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       “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.” 
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       “Hope is a waking dream.” 
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        “Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.” 
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       “To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.” 
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        “To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.” 
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       “He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.” 
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       “We make war that we may live in peace.” 
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       “Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.” 
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        “Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are theire own” 
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       “Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.” 
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       “The more you know, the more you know you don't know.” 
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        “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.” 
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        “Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.” 
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       “Philosophy can make people sick.” 
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        “The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.” 
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       “The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.” 
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       “We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.” 
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        “Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.” 
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        “The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” 
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       “Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.” 
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       “If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.” 
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        “youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.” 
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        “Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.” 
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        “Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.” 
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        “It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.” 
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       “If you would understand anything, observe its beginning and its development” 
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       “Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because life is sweet and they are growing.” 
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       “Happiness is a quality of the soul...not a function of one's material circumstances.” 
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        “It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.” 
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       “We become brave by doing brave acts.” 
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      “We are what we repetitively do. Success is not an action but a habit.” 
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       “Those who cannot bravely face danger are
the slaves of their attackers.” 
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       “The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook” 
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