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- I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Education is the best provision for old age.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Physics
- Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics
- It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics
- To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of our own existence.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics
- We make war that we may live in peace.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Nichomachean Ethics
- Man is by nature a political animal.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
- A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange...Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
- 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 the government to the utmost.
- Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
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