We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Deed Quotes, Living Quotes

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...

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs...

Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs...

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

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

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

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

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.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

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...

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

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

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence,...

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence,...

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...

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it.

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

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

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right...

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,...

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do...

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

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

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

If Darwin's theory should be true, it will not degrade man; it will simply raise...

On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the...

On the stage, you have to find truth, even if you have to lose the...