truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Sat 23 December 2006 5:08 am

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.

Aristotle

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Sat 23 December 2006 5:09 am

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Sat 23 December 2006 5:10 am

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

Aristotle

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Sat 23 December 2006 5:11 am

Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Aristotle

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Sat 23 December 2006 5:11 am

My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Aristotle

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Sat 23 December 2006 5:13 am

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.

Aristotle

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Sat 23 December 2006 5:16 am

The more thou dost advance, the more thy feet pitfalls will meet.

Aristotle