Aristotle ( 10 of 140 )
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
No great genius is without an admixture of madness.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
If at first the idea is absurd, then there is no hope for it.
If at first the idea is absurd, then there is no hope for it.
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
Philosophy is the science which considers truth
Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is
deprived, the power of making things that are past read more
Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is
deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have
been."
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness.
[Lat., Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementia.]
The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure.
The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure.
