The two qualities which chiefly inspire regard and affection are that a thing is your own and that it is your only one.
AristotleWe 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.
AristotleA tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
AristotleThe soul is characterized by these capacities; self-nutrition, sensation, thinking, and movement.
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