Aristotle

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"I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victort is the victory over self."	Ambition, Courage, Desires
"The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."	Honesty, Men, Truth
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."	Excellence, Greatness, Habits
"Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy."	Anger, Time
"What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."	Lies, Power
"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."	Death, Friends, Sin
"We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit."	Excellence, Greatness, Habits
"Happiness depends upon ourselves."	Happiness, Joy
"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet."	Education, School, Teaching
"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead."	Death, Education, Life
"Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. [Thus,] there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people."	Fear, Men, Military
"This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half."	Friends, Happiness, Joy
"Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities."	Ability
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing."	Learning
"We make war that we may live in peace."	Life, Military, Peace
"Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government."	Government, Happiness, Joy
"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."	Democracy, Equality, Freedom
"Philosophy is the science which considers truth."	Honesty, Truth
"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."	Age, Courage, Men
"The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold."	Age, Honesty, Lies
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Ability	Acceptance	Age
Ambition	Anger	Art
Change	Choice	Courage
Death	Democracy	Desires
Education	Equality	Evil
Excellence	Failure	Fear
Freedom	Friends	Genius
Government	Greatness	Habits
Happiness	Honesty	Hope
Humor	Joy	Knowledge
Law	Learning	Liberty
Lies	Life	Love
Men	Military	Miscellaneous
Nature	Peace	Politics
Power	School	Sin
Success	Teaching	Time
Truth	Variety	Virtue
Wants	War	Wisdom
Wishing	Writing