"There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man."
Philosopher
Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher whose works on ethics, metaphysics, and politics laid foundational principles for Western thought.
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"There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man."
"Patience is so like fortitude that she seems either her sister or her daughter."
"It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it."
"Money is a guarantee that we can have what we want in the future"
"Peace is more difficult than war."
"The ultimate end...is not knowledge, but action. To be half right on time may be more important than to obtain the whole truth too late."
"Our characters are the result of our conduct."
"The soul suffers when the body is diseased or traumatized, while the body suffers when the soul is ailing."
"Worthless persons appointed to have supreme control of weighty affairs do a lot of damage."
"Truth is a remarkable thing. We cannot miss knowing some of it. But we cannot know it entirely."
"We work to earn our leisure."
"Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking."
"One thing alone not even God can do,To make undone whatever hath been done."
"Wickedness is nourished by lust."
"Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge."
"The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants."
"The actuality of thought is life."
"Revolutions are effected in two ways, by force and by fraud."
"The young are heated by Nature as drunken men by wine."
"PLOT is CHARACTER revealed by ACTION."