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Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The virtue is a voluntary acquired disposition, which consists of a middle term between two bad extremes, one by excess and the other by defect.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The wise have the same advantages over the ignorant as the living over the dead.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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A definition is a phrase that signifies the essence of a thing.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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If citizens practiced friendship among themselves, they would not need justice.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Tyrants surround themselves with wicked men because they like to be flattered, and no man of elevated spirit will flatter them.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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The only stable state is the one in which all citizens are equal before the law.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Fear is a suffering that produces the anticipation of harm.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Man can learn nothing except in virtue of what he already knows.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Oral teachings should accommodate the habits of the listeners.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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There is the same difference between a wise man and an ignorant one as between a living man and a corpse.