Nature does nothing in vain.

Quote by Aristotle

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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

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...

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best...

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best...

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.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

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...

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

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

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

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...

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...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a...

The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a...

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson,...

When you have once seen the glow of happiness on the face of a belovedperson,...

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing

Happiness is found in doing, not merely possessing