It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Quote by Aristotle

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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...

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

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.

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in...

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in...

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she...

All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

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...

It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but...

It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but...

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget

Follow your passion, and success will follow you

Follow your passion, and success will follow you