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Aristotle
Ancient Greece
-384 // -322
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On Avarice:
The avarice of mankind is insatiable
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On Happiness:
The activity of happiness must occupy an entire lifetime; for one swallow does not a summer make
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On Thought:
Some men are just as firmly convinced of what they think as others of what they know
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On Shame:
Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old
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On Praise:
Praise invariably implies a reference to a higher standard
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On Character:
Our characters are a result of our conduct
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On Humanity:
Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole
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On Injustice:
No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it
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On Fear:
No one loves the man whom he fears
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On Revenge:
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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