We make war that we may live in peace.

Quote by Aristotle

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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

Yellow-colored objects appear to be gold

No one loves the man whom he fears.

No one loves the man whom he fears.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us,...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this...

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them;...

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...

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,...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance...

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...

In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be...

In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be...

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...

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...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be...

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

There is nothing to fear but fear itself.

I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn...

I am bourgeois to the core and parochial beyond belief, and yet I am drawn...

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

The only tyrant I accept in this world is the 'still small voice' within

Injustice never rules forever

Injustice never rules forever

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...

The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to...