Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody.

Quote by Aristotle

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Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

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.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

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

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

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

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

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

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a...

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

Achievement of your happiness is the only moral purpose of your life, and that happiness,...

Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.

Happiness is a by-product of an effort to make someone else happy.