Short quotes

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Aristotle

Aristotle

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The more nature inclines us to pleasures, the more prone we are to license than to decency.

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.

Jean Jacques Rousseau

Jean Jacques Rousseau

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You will never be friars if you are not first acolytes.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness.

Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

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Do not fear being eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

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Believing that a weak enemy cannot harm us is like believing that a spark cannot ignite the forest.

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

Muslih-Ud-Din Saadi

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Fear the one who fears you, even if he is a fly and you are an elephant.