It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
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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Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
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Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
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Memory is the scribe of the soul
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Wit is educated insolence.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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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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Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something.
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Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.
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Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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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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