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A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.

~Aristotle

Topics: Against Appearance Believing Consider Devotion Easily Gods Hand He Him His Illegal Less Move Must Other Pious Put Religion Ruler Side Subjects Treatment Tyrant Uncommon Whom

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The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition.

~Aristotle

Topics: Acute Animals Best Disposition Eyes Large Middle Moderate Most Others Persons Position Projecting Sign Size Small Some Those Vision Which

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It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

~Aristotle

Topics: Maxims Men Utter Young Young Men

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We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

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Topics: Action Actions Become Brave Just Performing Temperate

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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.

~Aristotle

Topics: Art Children Educate Gave Honored Life Living More Only Produce Than Them Those Well Who

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All men by nature desire knowledge.

~Aristotle

Topics: Desire Knowledge Men Nature

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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.

~Aristotle

Topics: Alike Attained Best Chiefly Democracy Equality Found Government Liberty Persons Share Some Thought Utmost Will

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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

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Topics: Been First Good He Must Ruled Ruler Who

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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

~Aristotle

Topics: Anything Courage Greatest Honor Mind Never Next Quality Will Without World You

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

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Topics: Actions Causes Chance Compulsion Desire Habit Human Human Actions More Nature Passion Reason Seven

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Philosopher

Born: Unknown

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