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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Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Poverty is the parent of revolution

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs...

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs...

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.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.

What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

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

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

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he...

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he...

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...

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 best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

The best intelligence test is what we do with our leisure.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.