It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.

Quote by Aristotle

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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...

People generally despise where they flatter

People generally despise where they flatter

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...

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice,...

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice,...

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

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...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled...

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

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

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

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

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

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

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of...

If you are of the opinion that the contemplation of suicide is sufficient evidence of...

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

Few people even scratch the surface, much less exhaust the contemplation of their own experience.

Only a life lived for others is worth living.

Only a life lived for others is worth living.