The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts

Quote by Aristotle

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion,...

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to...

The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to...

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through...

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions.

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right...

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion;...

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

The law is reason free from passion

The law is reason free from passion

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old...

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.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

Man could escape danger only by renouncing adventure, by abandoning that which has given to...

Man could escape danger only by renouncing adventure, by abandoning that which has given to...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...

If I die a violent death, as some fear and a few are plotting, I...