People generally despise where they flatter

Quote by Aristotle

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Without friends no one would choose to live.

Without friends no one would choose to live.

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea

Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

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;...

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of...

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...

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

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.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.