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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The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their...

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

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...

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

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,...

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...

The law is reason free from passion

The law is reason free from passion

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common;...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Where some people are very wealthy and others have nothing, the result will be either...

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.

Happiness is activity.

Happiness is activity.

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all other things in...

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...

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Happiness depends upon ourselves.

Change in all things is sweet.

Change in all things is sweet.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because...

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of...

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...

Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as...