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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
Aristotle
Understand, Teach
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
Aristotle
Both, Mistrust, Tyrant
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
Aristotle
Beauty, Personal, Greater
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
Aristotle
Life, Best, Making
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
Aristotle
Down, Means, Present
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
Aristotle
Men, Respect, Democracy
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Aristotle
Work, Job, Perfection
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.
Aristotle
Death, True, Away
It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.
Aristotle
May, Thought, Before
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Aristotle
God, Solitude, Either
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.
Aristotle
Decline, Degenerate, Republics
Bad men are full of repentance.
Aristotle
Men, Bad, Full
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
Aristotle
Hope, Youth, Deceived
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Aristotle
History, Poetry, Universal
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
Aristotle
Intelligence, Great, Genius
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
Aristotle
Fear, Philosophy, Law
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
Aristotle
God, Society, Live
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
Aristotle
Nature, Marvelous
The secret to humor is surprise.
Aristotle
Humor, Secret, Surprise
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Aristotle
Life, Mind, Energy
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Aristotle
Dignity, Deserving, Possessing
In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.
Aristotle
Study, Making, Means
A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.
Aristotle
State
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
Time, Angry, Moment
The end of labor is to gain leisure.
Aristotle
End, Labor, Gain

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Nationality: Greek
Born: 384 BC
Died: 322 BC

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