Greek - Philosopher | 384 BC - 322 BC
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
Aristotle
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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
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We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
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Law is mind without reason.
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Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season.
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To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.
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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.
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The law is reason, free from passion.
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No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.
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It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
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Most people would rather give than get affection.
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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.
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