Quotes by Philosophers

But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul. Aristotle
Time Change Soul Impossible Mind Nothing Unless Only Count Qualified Attribute Without Exist Which
To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world. Aristotle
Knowledge Soul World Difficult Assured About Attain Most Any Things Difficult Things
In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies. Aristotle
Eyes Will Poet Before Action Everything Unlikely Way Out Plot Possible Seeing Proper Scene Constructing He Most Overlook Were Discover His His Way Diction As Far As Place Far Should Working Utmost Keeping Spectator
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. Aristotle
World Other Would Having No-One Condition Existence Friendless Choose Things
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. Aristotle
Property Business Better Men Disposition Benevolent Clearly Private Common Legislator Create Should Use Special
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. Aristotle
Confidence Courage Fear Regard Mean
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. Aristotle
Art Good Thought Action Every Aim Inquiry Rightly All Things Some Similarly Been Which Choice Reason Things
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle
Nature History Philosophic Statements Those Something Rather More Poetry Since Import Than Whereas Hence Universal
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Aristotle
Time Day Man Happy Blessed Too Summer One Day Make Does Nor Short Short Time Swallow
He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature. Aristotle
Nature Enough Apprehend He Another Reason Who Therefore Slave
Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand. Aristotle
One Or Two Through Lines Hand Short-Lived Which Persons Whole Extend Extending Two
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. Aristotle
Politics Good Man Science Must End Therefore
The difficulty is to try and teach the multitude that something can be true and untrue at the same time. Arthur Schopenhauer
Time Try Be True Difficulty Something True Untrue Same Same Time Teach Multitude
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. Arthur Schopenhauer
Sacrifice Pain Pleasure Clear Order Gain Avoid
The brain may be regarded as a kind of parasite of the organism, a pensioner, as it were, who dwells with the body. Arthur Schopenhauer
Kind Parasite Were Brain May Dwells Regarded Body Organism Who
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards. Arthur Schopenhauer
Fate Gives Make Hand Difference Us Play Cards
Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beginnings; nor completed except by knowledge of its accidents and accompanying essentials. Avicenna
Knowledge Accidents Completed Except Through Had Study Sciences Causes Accompanying Nor Beginnings Essentials Established Acquired Now Save
As to the mental essence, we find it in infants devoid of every mental form. Avicenna
Every Find Mental Devoid Infants Essence Form
He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well. Baltasar Gracian
Satisfied Back He Well His Turns Thirst
Evil report carries further than any applause. Baltasar Gracian
Evil Further Carries Than Report Any Applause
Begin with another's to end with your own. Baltasar Gracian
Own Another End Begin Your
It is good to vary in order that you may frustrate the curious, especially those who envy you. Baltasar Gracian
Good You Envy Those Vary Curious May Order Frustrate Who
A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are. Baltasar Gracian
Man Others Honour Sees Never He Never Forget Because Forget Should
Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one. Baltasar Gracian
Hope Good Gratitude Memory Good Memory Bad Bad One
When desire dies, fear is born. Baltasar Gracian
Fear Born Dies Desire
Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed. Baltasar Gracian
Confidence Fall Dismayed Difficult Other Easy Case Attempt Were Tasks May Asleep
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