No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Quote by Aristotle

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People generally despise where they flatter

People generally despise where they flatter

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.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

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...

Beauty is the gift of God.

Beauty is the gift of God.

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

A little kingdom I possess, where thoughts and feelings dwell; And very hard the task...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

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.

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

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...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

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.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.