The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
ARISTOTLEHappiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
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Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
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Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
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Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.
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He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world.
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Through discipline comes freedom.
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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
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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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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
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If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
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Change in all things is sweet.
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Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God.
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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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