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“He who takes his fill of every pleasure ... becomes depraved; while he who avoids all pleasures alike ... becomes insensible.”

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Aristotle

Aristotle, a renowned Greek philosopher, is one of the founders of Western philosophy. His thoughts covered a wide range of fields, including ethics, logic, politics, and had a profound impact on the world. more

“Anyone, without any great penetration, may distinguish the dispositions consequent on wealth; for its possessors are insolent and overbearing, from being tainted in a certain way by the getting of their wealth. For they are affected as though they possessed every good; since wealth is a sort of standard of the worth of other things; whence every thing seems to be purchasable by it.”

Way May Seems Certain Wealth Standards Very Good Affected Possessed Disposition Tainted Penetration Insolent Overbearing

Book:Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric

Source: Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric

“Wit is well-bred insolence.”

Wells Wit Insolence

Author:Aristotle

“The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward.”

Ifs Men Seems Brave Coward Brave Man Foolhardy

Book:The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

“One can aim at honor both as one ought, and more than one ought, and less than one ought. He whose craving for honor is excessive is said to be ambitious, and he who is deficient in this respect unambitious; while he who observes the mean has no peculiar name.”

Mean Said Names Ought Honor Aim Peculiar Ambitious Craving

Author:Aristotle

“If then it be possible that one contrary should exist, or be called into existence, the other contrary will also appear to be possible.”

Ifs Should Existence Contrary If Then

Book:Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric

Source: Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric

“Neglect of an effective birth control policy is a never-failing source of poverty which, in turn, is the parent of revolution and crime.”

Turns Parent Poverty Failing Crime Policy Source Revolution Birth Neglect Birth Control

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