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At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
Aristotle
Best, Justice, Law
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
Aristotle
Mom, Children, Mothers
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Aristotle
Wise, Pain, Aim
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
Aristotle
Power, Lies
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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Friendship, Single, Friend
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
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Soul, Madness, Excellent
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.
Aristotle
Power, Democracy, Rich
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.
Aristotle
Life, True, Friends
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
Aristotle
Try, Worst, Equal
The law is reason, free from passion.
Aristotle
Passion, Law, Free
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
Aristotle
Mind, Jobs, Paid
Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
Aristotle
Character, May, Means
He who hath many friends hath none.
Aristotle
Friendship, Friends, None
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
Aristotle
Fear, Pain, Evil
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
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Courage, Human, Others
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
Aristotle
Life, Great, Wise
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
Aristotle
Good, Youth, Difference
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
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Education, Adversity, Prosperity
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
Equality, Best, Government
Change in all things is sweet.
Aristotle
Change, Sweet
A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold.
Aristotle
Power, Sense, Matter
Wit is educated insolence.
Aristotle
Intelligence, Educated, Wit
All men by nature desire knowledge.
Aristotle
Nature, Men, Knowledge
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
Aristotle
Truth, Dear, Plato
The soul never thinks without a picture.
Aristotle
Soul, Picture, Thinks

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Nationality: Greek
Born: 384 BC
Died: 322 BC

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