The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep.
AristotleThe senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses.
AristotleWhen you are lonely, when you feel yourself an alien in the world, play Chess. This will raise your spirits and be your counselor in war
AristotleIf there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the good. Will not knowledge of it, then, have a great influence on life? Shall we not, like archers who have a mark to aim at, be more likely to hit upon what we should? If so, we must try, in outline at least, to determine what it is.
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