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Aristotle quote: "Justice is the loveliest and health is the best, but the..."
Justice is the loveliest and health is the best, but the sweetest to obtain is the heart's desire. Aristotle
If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost. Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will..."
Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust. Aristotle
The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous? (VII) Aristotle
bad men... aim at getting more than their share of advantages, while in labor and public service they fall short of their share; and each man wishing for advantage to himself criticizes his neighbor and stands in his way; for if people do not watch it carefully the common weal is soon destroyed. The result is that they are in a state of faction, putting compulsion on each other but unwilling themselves to do what is just. Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel,..."
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so. Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from..."
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Aristotle
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time. Aristotle
For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all. Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "We are what we repeatively do. Success is not an action but a..."
We are what we repeatively do. Success is not an action but a habit. Aristotle
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. Aristotle
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle
Aristotle quote: "Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy."
Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy. Aristotle

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