100+ Aristotle Quotes & Sayings

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
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Anticipate Arise Evil Fear One Liner Pain
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
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Children Father Fonder Mother
The more you know, the more you know you don’t know.
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Business Education Inspirational Knowledge Life One Liner
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
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Peace Victory War Win
The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue.
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Happiness Life One Liner Regards Virtue
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.
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Leadership One Liner Politics Rule
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
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Choose Friendship Goodness Live
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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Deep Fear Freedom Healing One Liner Overcome
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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Community Control Middle Class Perfection Politics
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.
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Business Follower Goodness Leadership One Liner
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
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Desire Live Men Nature Satisfaction
Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved.
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Beloved Liberty One Liner Variety Virtue
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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Ability Afraid Best Friend Friendship Healing Myself Privacy Solitude Vitue
The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
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Best Friend Friendship Man Sake
The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Fond Funny God Joke One Liner
A friend is a second self.
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Friendship One Liner Soul
Wit is educated insolence.
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Education Insolence Intelligence One Liner Wit
Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man.
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Children Hustle Inspirational Man One Liner
The secret to humor is surprise.
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Humour One Liner Secret Surprise
Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain.
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Healing Inspirational Learning Life One Liner Pain
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
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Avoidance Criticism Silence
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Courage Guaranty Humanity Quality
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
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Job One Liner Perfection Pleasure Work
Memory is the scribe of the soul
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Memories One Liner Scribe Soul
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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Democracy Majority Poverty Power Rich
Freedom is obedience to self-formulated rules.
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Calm Freedom Myself One Liner Peace
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
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Darkness Focus Inspirational Light Moments

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