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Aristotle
Greek philosopher and scientist; b. -384; d. -322 · 10 aphorisms · no comments
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Edit Comment# · Fair (755 ratings) · submitted 1997 (updated 2003)
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.
Edit Comment# · Fair (699 ratings) · submitted 1997 (updated 1999)
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
Aristotle, Rhetoric, in
Vice and Virtue
The Art of Rhetoric (paperback)Edit Comment# · Fair (215 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.
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The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.
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