The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
ARISTOTLEExcellence is an art won by training and habituation.
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For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
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In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
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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.
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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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All men by nature desire knowledge.
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
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Happiness is a state of activity.
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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
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Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
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Bad men are full of repentance.
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The secret to humor is surprise.
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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
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