All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
ARISTOTLEThe aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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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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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
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Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.
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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
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Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
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Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
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Happiness is a state of activity.
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Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead.
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Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
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