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

Quote by Aristotle

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The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

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

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

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires...

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...

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 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...

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 educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

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...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

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.

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the...

America now stands as the world's foremost power. We should be proud: Not since the...

Six feet of earth make us all equal

Six feet of earth make us all equal

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...

If you are to reach masses of people in this world, you must do it...