No one loves the man whom he fears.

Quote by Aristotle

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Most people would rather give than get affection.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

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...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark...

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

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...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

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.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

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...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be...

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer.

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they...

Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they...

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.