Quote #154
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.
More from Aristotle
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.
- Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, i…
- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
- The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
- To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.
- The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
- To perceive is to suffer.