Aristotle
Ancient Greece
-384 // -322
Philosopher
-384 // -322
Philosopher
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My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake
Most people would rather give than get affection
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way
Man is by nature a political animal
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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