Glory Quote by Aristotle

“Virtue is a greater good than honour; and one might perhaps accordingly suppose that virtue rather than honour is the end of the political…

— Aristotle

People of superior refinement and of active disposition identify happiness with honour; for this is roughly speaking, the end of political life.

— Aristotle

High-level political wives are by no means new. In the 18th and 19th centuries, when patricians dominated British political life, it was common for…

— Linda Colley

And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from…

— Aristotle

Of actions some aim at what is necessary and useful, and some at what is honorable. And the preference given to one or the…

— Aristotle

The first principle of all action is leisure.

— Aristotle

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

— Aristotle

There are branches of learning and education which we must study merely with a view to leisure spent in intellectual activity, and these are…

— Aristotle

Even if you must have regard to wealth, in order to secure leisure, yet it is surely a bad thing that the greatest offices,…

— Aristotle

Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends…

— Aristotle

“The wealth of data to be found in social and political life. The belief that people do not want to make sacrifices is notoriously…

— Erich Fromm

I must say acting was good training for the political life which lay ahead for us.

— Nancy Reagan