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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. ↗

— Aristotle

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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. ↗

— Aristotle

#democracy #majority #more #more power #poor

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. ↗

— Aristotle

#finer #history #more #only #particular

A pencil and rubber are of more use to thought than a battalion of assistants. To happiness the same applies as to truth: one does not have it, but is in it. ↗

— Theodor Adorno

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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. ↗

— Aristotle

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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. ↗

— Aristotle

#body #figure #impressed #more #must

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. ↗

— Aristotle

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It's a lot of work and I also feel like I've done it. I miss comedy. And I also think that, from purely a logistical standpoint, that the day-to-day schedule on a comedy allows you to have a life, much more of a life, than on a drama. ↗

— Adam Arkin

#also #comedy #day-to-day #done #drama

I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

#change #changed #come #early #found

Furthermore, order is a necessary condition for making a structure function. A physical mechanism, be it a team of laborers, the body of an animal, or a machine, can work only if it is in physical order. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#body #condition #function #furthermore #laborers