Aristotle

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"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
"We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit."	Excellence, Greatness, Habits
"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit."	Excellence, Greatness, Habits
"We make war that we may live in peace."	Life, Military, Peace
"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."	Death, Friends, Sin
"What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do."	Lies, Power
"What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing."	Learning
"Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable."	Ability, Ambition, Desires
"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit."	Friends, Hope, Wishing
"Wit is educated insolence."	Education, School, Teaching
"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods."	Choice, Evil, Friends
"[Find a priest] who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin."	Humor
"[The argument of Alcidamas:] Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he was not their countryman; the Mytilenaeans Sappho, though she was a woman; the Lacedaemonians actually made Chilon a member of their senate, though they are the least literary of men; the inhabitants of Lampsacus gave public burial to Anaxagoras, though he was an alien, and honour him even to this day."	Wisdom
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