Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Life Quotes

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

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...

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms...

The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms...

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...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make...

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control,...

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

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...

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.

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

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

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave...

Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for a while, leave...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...

In everyone's life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst...