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

Quote by Aristotle

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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.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons

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

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of...

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.

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...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet.

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows...

Fear grows out of the things we think; it lives in our minds. Compassion grows...