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The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue.
AristotleAristotle He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
AristotleAristotle Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
AristotleAristotle He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
AristotleAristotle The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
AristotleAristotle He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.
AristotleAristotle It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
AristotleAristotle Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
AristotleAristotle He is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude.
AristotleAristotle The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
AristotleAristotle The gods too are fond of a joke.
AristotleAristotle A friend is a second self.
AristotleAristotle Wit is educated insolence.
AristotleAristotle Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.
AristotleAristotle The secret to humor is surprise.
AristotleAristotle Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.
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