All Aristotle Quotes
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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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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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
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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.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
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