“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”
– Aristotle
“Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.”
– Aristotle
“But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.”
– Aristotle
“Change in all things is sweet.”
– Aristotle
“It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.”
– Aristotle
“Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.”
– Aristotle
“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.”
– Aristotle
“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”
– Aristotle
“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.”
– Aristotle
“The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”
– Aristotle