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Aristotle Quotes
«Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Humor
| Keywords:
examination, gravity, jest, raillery, suspicious
«It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others.»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| Keywords:
ask, characteristic, favor, favoring, Get Ready, kindness, magnanimous, readiest, ready, readying
«It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time with the right object and in the right way - that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it»
Author: Aristotle
(Philosopher, Physician, Scientist)
| About:
Anger,
Passion
| Keywords:
extent, The Right Time, the right way, To Fly
«To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.»
«Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids»