Aristotle Quotes, War Quotes, Tyrants Quotes

Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader.

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If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once.

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Friends enhance our ability to think and act.

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For through wondering human beings now and in the beginning have been led to philosophizing.

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It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits

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Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.

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Property should be in a certain sense common, but, as a general rule, private; for, when every one has a distinct interest, men will not complain of one another, and they will make more progress, because every one will be attending to his own business.

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All men by nature desire to know. An indication of this is the delight we take in our senses; for even apart from their usefulness they are loved for themselves...

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In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are of a certain kind; for the resulting character varies as they vary. It makes no small difference, therefore, whether a man be trained in his youth up in this way or that, but a great difference, or rather all the difference.

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Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.

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It is a part of probability that many improbable things will happen.

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[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.

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They should rule who are able to rule best.

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Those who act receive the prizes.

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Happiness depends on ourselves.

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Character is revealed through action.

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Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love.

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Adoration is made out of a solitary soul occupying two bodies.

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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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We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.

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