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

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life – knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live – Aristotle

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends – Aristotle

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

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first – Aristotle