We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.

Quote by Aristotle

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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...

Hope is a waking dream

Hope is a waking dream

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

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 body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

The body is most fully developed [at] from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the...

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.

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...

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...

The secret to humor is surprise.

The secret to humor is surprise.

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...

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some...

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

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

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at...

Men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at...

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.

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

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

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

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

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Nature does nothing in vain.

Nature does nothing in vain.