Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular – Aristotle

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost – Aristotle

Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit – Aristotle

We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time. Aristotle We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time – Aristotle

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts – Aristotle

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness – Aristotle