Men must be decided on what they will not do, and then they are able to act with vigor in what they ought to do. Mencius, Works
Chinese Confucian philosopher (371 BC - 289 BC) Sincerity is the way of Heaven. Mencius, Works
Chinese Confucian philosopher (371 BC - 289 BC) Never has a man who has bent himself been able to make others straight. Mencius, Works
Chinese Confucian philosopher (371 BC - 289 BC) Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. Demosthenes, Third Olynthiac
Greek orator & politician in Athens (384 BC - 322 BC) Every advantage in the past is judged in the light of the final issue. Demosthenes, First Olynthiac
Greek orator & politician in Athens (384 BC - 322 BC) Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics
Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC) A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. Aristotle, Rhetoric
Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC) A whole is that which has beginning, middle and end. Aristotle, Rhetoric
Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC) It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences. Aristotle, Rhetoric
Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC - 322 BC) Evil draws men together. Aristotle, Rhetoric
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