We make war that we may live in peace.

Quote by Aristotle

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Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Happiness is activity.

Happiness is activity.

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

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

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim...

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property,...

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

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...

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the...

To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too...

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

To die will be an awfully big adventure.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality...

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...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his...

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...

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.