Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Age Quotes

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Hope is the dream of the waking man.

Hope is the dream of the waking man.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The soul can not think without a picture.

The soul can not think without a picture.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Man is naturally a political animal.

Man is naturally a political animal.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Bad men are full of repentance.

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of...

The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to...

The weaker are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to...

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.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

Those who abhors democracy would rarely immigrate to an authoritarian state if they have to.

Our purpose now is to reclaim democracy itself. We are here to affirm that when...

Our purpose now is to reclaim democracy itself. We are here to affirm that when...

The only real equality is in the cemetery

The only real equality is in the cemetery

A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty

A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...

Wisdom alone is true ambition's aim, wisdom is the source of virtue and of fame;...