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

Quote by Aristotle

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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history...

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good...

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...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought...

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.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go...

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but...

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...

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

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

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

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

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 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,...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

Marriage is the only adventure open to the cowardly

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

It is a peculiarity of the American mind that it regards any excursion into the...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...

And now I depart hence condemned by you to suffer the penalty of death, and...