Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare life is furnished by the one, the other ensures a good life.

Quote by Aristotle

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

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

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether...

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...

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

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.

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

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,...

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

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

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

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

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

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...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard

Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard

People generally despise where they flatter

People generally despise where they flatter

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...

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

Bravery is being the only one who knows you're afraid.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...

Morality is how you go about getting what you want without screwing anybody to get...