The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
ARISTOTLEWe must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Philosophy can make people sick.
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Man 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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Bad men are full of repentance.
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Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
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Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
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Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.
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Memory is the scribe of the soul
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The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue.
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Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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