This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own.

Quote by Aristotle

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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.

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of...

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...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

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.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.

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

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

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then...

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then...

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...

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less...

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure

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.

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures...

We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures...

Never belittle a good deed, no matter how small. The last thing that someone trying...

Never belittle a good deed, no matter how small. The last thing that someone trying...

Through the perfect karma of good deeds, one meets the Perfect Guru, whose speech is...

Through the perfect karma of good deeds, one meets the Perfect Guru, whose speech is...

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.

Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.