To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
Aristotle
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
friendship
Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.
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Happiness is a quality of the soul.. Not a function of one's material circumstances.
happiness
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot.
Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself
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One swallow does not make a summer, neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy.
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Happiness is a state of activity.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
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For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.
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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
inspirational
To perceive is to suffer.
life empathy understanding suffer
.. Happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.. The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement..
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Tis the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.
morality
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