Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.

Quote by Aristotle

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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

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

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

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

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

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

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...

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...

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

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.

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

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

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

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

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

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...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary...

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough...

He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough...

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of...

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.