No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.

Quote by Aristotle

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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

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...

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...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true...

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Philosophy is the science which considers truth

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

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

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

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

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.

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to...

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to...

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.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...