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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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...

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

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 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.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

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.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which...

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...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with...

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with...

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best...

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

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...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as...

Happiness may be defined as good fortune joined to virtue, or a independence, or as...

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness

Happiness is too many things these days for anyone lo wish il on anyone lightly....

Happiness is too many things these days for anyone lo wish il on anyone lightly....

Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head....

Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head....