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Aristotle (284-322 B.C.)

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. -Aristotle

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit." --Aristotle

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. -Aristotle

Humour is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humour, for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. -Aristotle

Wit is educated insolence. -

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

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, philosopher (384-322 BCE)

There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 B.C.)

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)

Dignity consists not in possessing honours, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)

It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. -Aristotle, philosopher (384-322 BCE)

All art, all education, can be merely a supplement to nature. -Aristotle (B.C. 384-322)

Nature does nothing uselessly. -Aristotle (384-322 BCE)

It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way… that is not easy. Aristotle, BC 384-322, Greek Philosopher