We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace

Quote by Aristotle

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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...

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

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...

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

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

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as...

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

Most people would rather get than give affection

Most people would rather get than give affection

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the...

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

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...

Man is by nature a political animal.

Man is by nature a political animal.

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

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

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful,...

Bad men are full of repentance.

Bad men are full of repentance.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...

In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are...