Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Quote by Aristotle

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Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

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.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

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

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

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

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

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

Men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at...

Men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

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.

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind...

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

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

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

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most...

I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most...

Try to keep as many of your girlfriends as possible even when you have a...

Try to keep as many of your girlfriends as possible even when you have a...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he...

You can always tell a real friend; when you've made a fool of yourself, he...