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«Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Cute friendship
| Keywords:
ripened, ripening, wishing
«Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Action,
Performance,
Virtue
| Keywords:
shown
«We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means»
«To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill.»
«Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.»
«Erection is chiefly caused by parsnips, artichokes, turnips, asparagus, candied ginger, acorns bruised to a powder drunk in muscatel»
«A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must . . . be appropriate.»
«It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully»
«Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.»
«The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man who is judging the case.»
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