Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.

Quote by Aristotle

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Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

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

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

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

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

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

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

The wise sees knowledge and action as one; they see truly

The wise sees knowledge and action as one; they see truly

He who has made a thousand things and he who has made none, both feel...

He who has made a thousand things and he who has made none, both feel...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

The thing about performance, even if it's only an illusion, is that it is a...

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person...

What is virtue? It is to hold yourself to your fullest development as a person...