Wit is educated insolence.

Quote by Aristotle

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Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

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

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

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...

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.

Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it...

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.

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...

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in...

To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in...

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

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...

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

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

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...

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views...

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

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

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.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...

Life is one fool thing after another whereas love is two fool things after each...