Aristotle quotes

Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Law is order, and good law is good order.
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We make war that we may live in peace.
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Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
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Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep
out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness; and those in the
prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
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Wit is educated insolence.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form, but with regard to
their mode of life.
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Through discipline comes freedom.
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Law is order, and good law is good order.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward
significance.
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Nature does nothing uselessly.
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Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and
intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. Choice, not chance,
determines your destiny.
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
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The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.
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We should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste; for each and all will
reveal to us something natural and something beautiful.
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It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions
that they are happy or the reverse.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the
hardest victory is over self.
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He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and
history only the particular.
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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
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