Maxioms by 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.
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right read more
Anybody can become angry - that is easy; but to be angry with the right person, and to the right degree, and at the right time, and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.
It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons