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

Quote by Aristotle

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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

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,...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

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

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

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

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...

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

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...

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the...

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

The soul never thinks without a picture.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature,...