Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Quote by Aristotle

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We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

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;...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

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...

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

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...

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

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

Man is naturally a political animal.

Man is naturally a political animal.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

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;...

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

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,...

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.

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it...

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,...

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...