I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.

Quote by Aristotle

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What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to...

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to...

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

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

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

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...

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are...

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

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.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

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...

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

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.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Hope is a waking dream

Hope is a waking dream

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

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...

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.