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384 BC–322 BC Greece
Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotelēs; 384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the teacher of Theophrastus and founder of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy, and the Aristotelian tradition.
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Remember that time slurs over everything, lets all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Except are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.
Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him.
Therefore only an utterly senseless person can fail to know that our characters are the result of our conduct.
All teaching and all intellectual learning come about from already existing knowledge.
One thing alone not even God can do,
For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
Hope is the dream of a waking man.
The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.
Anyone can become angry, that is easy...but to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way... this is not easy.
Time is not composed of indivisible nows any more than any other magnitude is composed of indivisibles.
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
A person who cannot live in society, or does not need to because he is self-sufficient, is either a beast or a god.
Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact.
No one finds fault with defects which are the result of nature.
Everything is done with a goal, and that goal is "okay".
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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