Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Quote by Aristotle

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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.

Man is naturally a political animal.

Man is naturally a political animal.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

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,...

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...

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.

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied mathematics.

There are things which seem incredible to most men who have not studied mathematics.

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

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

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go...

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go...

The law is reason, free from passion.

The law is reason, free from passion.

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

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...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

The soul never thinks without a picture.