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“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”
Aristotle
“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”
Aristotle
“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”
Aristotle
“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.”
Aristotle
“Education is the best provision for old age.”
Aristotle
“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.”
Aristotle
“The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”
Aristotle
“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.”
Aristotle
“The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.”
Euripides
“Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account.”
Euripides
“Silence is true wisdom's best reply.”
Euripides
“Youth is the best time to be rich, and the best time to be poor.”
Euripides
“The best of seers is he who guesses well.”
Euripides
“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
Moliere
“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”
Moliere
“Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation.”
Aldous Huxley
“Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“The best interpreter of the law is custom.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Example is the best precept.”
Aesop
“This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.”
Lord Byron
“Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.”
Lord Byron
“We should often blush for our very best actions, if the world did but see all the motives upon which they were done.”
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“We should often feel ashamed of our best actions if the world could see all the motives which produced them.”
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.”
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“Being a blockhead is sometimes the best security against being cheated by a man of wit.”
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
“The best activities for your health are pumping and humping.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.”
Arnold Schwarzenegger
“Best to live lightly, unthinkingly.”
Sophocles
