Aristotle Quotes on Psychology

6 quotes

  1. It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

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  2. Hope is a waking dream.

  3. Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

  4. Melancholic men are of all others the most witty.

  5. Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty- excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable- should persist after the beauty was gone.

  6. The secret to humor is surprise.

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