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Inspiration doesn't really work like that - you're not looking out for it. Inspiration is something that tends to capture you rather than you capture it. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

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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

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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

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I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. ↗

— Aristotle

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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. ↗

— Aristotle

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. ↗

— Aristotle

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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. ↗

— Aristotle

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It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought. ↗

— Aristotle

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No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. ↗

— Aristotle

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The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. ↗

— Aristotle

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