Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.

Quote by Aristotle

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Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is a waking dream.

Hope is a waking dream.

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

Happiness is a sort of action.

Happiness is a sort of action.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

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

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

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements...

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.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that...

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.

Hope of gain lessens pain.

Hope of gain lessens pain.