The gods too are fond of a joke.

Quote by Aristotle

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Education is the best provision for old age.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

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...

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...

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

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.

Well begun is half done.

Well begun is half done.

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

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

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to all is a friend to 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...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make...

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are...

Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are...

Limits exist only in the mind

Limits exist only in the mind

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence,...

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence,...

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.