It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
ARISTOTLEHope is a waking dream.
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Hope is a waking dream.
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Through discipline comes freedom.
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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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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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All men by nature desire knowledge.
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There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
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Happiness is a state of activity.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
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Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.
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Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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