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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live. ↗

— Aristotle

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A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold. ↗

— Aristotle

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The soul never thinks without a picture. ↗

— Aristotle

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Wit is educated insolence. ↗

— Aristotle

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The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. ↗

— Aristotle

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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it. ↗

— Aristotle

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Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves. ↗

— Aristotle

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It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. ↗

— Aristotle

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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. ↗

— Aristotle

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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. ↗

— Aristotle

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