Aristotle

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that read more

We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace.

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is read more

Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of read more

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.