Greek - Philosopher | 384 BC - 322 BC
All men by nature desire knowledge.
Aristotle
NatureKnowledgeMenDesire
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
LifeLiveGreatManWiseWise Man
Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
MindEqualOrderMaySuperiorState
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
MeanTemperancePleasuresRegard
A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.
ConstitutionStateArrangement
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
FriendsMisfortuneWhoThoseReally
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
LifeChildrenArtLivingMoreWell
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.
BestMenRebelVirtueRightExcel
The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
YoungStateIntoxicationPermanently
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
PowerDemocracyRichWillPoorMore
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
PresentDownBringOnlyYourMeans
Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number; for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted.
TimeSoulSomeoneQuestionAnything
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