Short quotes

Collection of phrases and short quotes to share on your social networks.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Outside of society, man is either a beast or a god.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Poetry is deeper and more philosophical than history.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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We don't need a perfect government; we need one that is practical.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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All flatterers are mercenaries, and all men of low spirit are flatterers.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Not every ending deserves the name of end, only the one that is optimal.

Aristotle

Aristotle

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Movement is the transition from potentiality to actuality.

Jim Backus

Jim Backus

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More than one owes their success to their first wife, and their second wife to their success.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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The friendship doubles the joys and divides the sorrows in half.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Some books are tasted, others swallowed, and only a few are chewed and digested.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Money is like manure: it's not good unless it's spread around.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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There is nothing that does more harm to a nation than cunning people passing for intelligent.

Sir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

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Old wood to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.