I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
ARISTOTLEI count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
ARISTOTLEHe who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
ARISTOTLEChange in all things is sweet.
ARISTOTLEThe gods too are fond of a joke.
ARISTOTLEIf things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
ARISTOTLEMemory is the scribe of the soul
ARISTOTLEThe high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
ARISTOTLEPatience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.
ARISTOTLENo great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
ARISTOTLEWithout friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
ARISTOTLEThe energy of the mind is the essence of life.
ARISTOTLEThe most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
ARISTOTLEGive me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.
ARISTOTLEThe antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
ARISTOTLEComedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
ARISTOTLEMan is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.
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