Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

Quote by Aristotle

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At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice...

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...

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Hope is the dream of the waking man.

Hope is the dream of the waking man.

The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the...

The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the...

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means...

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

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

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

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.

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...

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by...

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by...

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

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

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

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...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was...

You know you''re getting old, when Santa starts looking younger.

You know you''re getting old, when Santa starts looking younger.