Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

Quote by Aristotle

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The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

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.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

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...

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

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...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

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

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

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

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.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.