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Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study

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Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious, Inspiring and Imperishable Thoughts, Views and Observations of the Three Great Greek Philosophers, Classified Under about Four Hundred Subjects for Comparative Study Quotes

“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.”

“I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.”

“In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.”

“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.”

“Self conquest is the greatest of victories.”

“Get not your friends by bare compliments but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.”

“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”

“If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.”

“Beauty is a short-lived tyranny.”