Aristotle

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"Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come."	Art
"Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered."	Law, Writing
"It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims."	Age, Men
"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."	Age, Friends, Honesty
"Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable."	Ability, Ambition, Desires
"The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows."	Success
"Nature does nothing uselessly."	Nature
"Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved."	Love, Variety, Virtue
"All proofs rest on premises."	Miscellaneous
"Nature does nothing uselessly."	Nature
"She's got to learn to reconcile herself to being Mrs Aristotle Onassis because the only place she'll find sympathy from now on is in the dictionary between shit and syphilis."	Humor
"[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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