Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Quote by Aristotle

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There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

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

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

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied mathematics.

There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied mathematics.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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

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

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...