“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
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Aristotle
“Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.”
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Aristotle
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
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Aristotle
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
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Aristotle
“Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.”
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Aristotle
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”
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Aristotle
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
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Aristotle
“A friend to all is a friend to none.”
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Aristotle
“Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.”
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Aristotle
“Happiness depends upon ourselves.”
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Aristotle
“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
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Aristotle
“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.”
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Aristotle
“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
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Aristotle
