The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

Quote by Aristotle

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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Limits exist only in the mind

Limits exist only in the mind

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then...

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then...