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Noble Quotes by Aristotle
- 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…
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for…
- The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to…
- A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange. .…
- When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and…
- So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake…
- . . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
- We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea.
- All men agree that a just distribution must be according to merit in some sense; they do not all specify the same sort of merit,…
- If we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul…
- Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing…
- A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.
- So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but for the sake…
- They - Young People have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes…
- We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs.…
More Noble Quotes
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle
- The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire… — Aristotle
- In my deepest troubles, I frequently would wrench myself from the persons around me and retire to some secluded part of our… — John James Audubon
- A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower… — Marcus Aurelius
- If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps… — Teresa of Avila
- You have to be doing things that matter - responsibility, but also responsibility with epic and beautiful and noble tasks. — Michelle Bachelet
- Ambition it is the last infirmity of noble minds. — James M. Barrie
- Everything that is beautiful and noble is the product of reason and calculation. — Charles Baudelaire
- When someone sets out to be controversial or provocative or shocking as an end in itself, I don't think that's a noble… — Rob Bell
- Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. — Annie Besant
- Everyone knows the beautiful story of Abraham and the sacrifice of Isaac. How this noble father led his child to the slaughter;… — Annie Besant