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

Quote by Aristotle

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Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

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...

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.

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...

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are...

Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare...

Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare...

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...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for...

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...

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather get than give affection

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody...

I want to be very close to someone I respect and admire and have somebody...

I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth...

I am certain of nothing but the Holiness of the Heart's affections and the Truth...