Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Quote by Aristotle

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Happiness is a sort of action.

Happiness is a sort of action.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence,...

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence,...

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

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,...

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...

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

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

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

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.

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

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...

Man is naturally a political animal.

Man is naturally a political animal.

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.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.