Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued withthe same passion; and if over a long time he habitually listens to music that rouses ignoble passions, his whole character will be shaped to an ignoble form.
AristotleA friend is a second self, so that our consciousness of a friend's existence...makes us more fully conscious of our own existence.
AristotleThe true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the democracy.
Aristotle