A THREAD on thought provoking timeless ideas by Aristotle:
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.
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Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
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The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more.
The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more.
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Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age.
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
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Excellence is never an accident.
It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
Excellence is never an accident.
It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
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The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
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All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.
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Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.
Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain.
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.
Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.
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It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
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He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.
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No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
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Through discipline comes freedom.
Through discipline comes freedom.
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Nature does nothing uselessly.
Nature does nothing uselessly.
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