The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

Quote by Aristotle

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All men by nature desire to know.

All men by nature desire to know.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers...

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

The quality of life is determined by its activities.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature...

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be...

A good character carries with it the highest power of causing a thing to be...

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Wit is cultured insolence.

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

Memory is the friend of wit, but the treacherous ally of invention; there are many...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...

I soon found that wit, like every other power, has its boundaries; that its success...