Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit – Aristotle
A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end – Aristotle
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life – Aristotle
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference – Aristotle
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms – Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit – Aristotle
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular – Aristotle