Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
ARISTOTLEHe 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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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.
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Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
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Change in all things is sweet.
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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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No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world.
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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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Wit is educated insolence.
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Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
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Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.
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Comedy aims at representing men as worse, Tragedy as better than in actual life.
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
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Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
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Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation.
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To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd.
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