Philosopher

The whole is more than the sum of its parts.

The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.

Most people would rather give than get affection.

A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning and middle and end.

A 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.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.

Bad men are full of repentance.

Jiwa tidak pernah berpikir tanpa gambar.

To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.

The soul never thinks without a picture.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.

He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.

Pria melankolis adalah pria paling jenaka.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.