So, it’s Aristotle Week at Quote of the Day!
22MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
“The worst thing about slavery is that the slaves eventually get to like it.”
Aristotle
I wonder if this applies to socialism.
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
21MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
So, it’s Aristotle Week at Quote of the Day!
“No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.”
Aristotle
Enough said.
20MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
So, it’s Aristotle Week at Quote of the Day!
“Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, and therefore does not partake of society, is either a beast or a god.”
Aristotle
You know the expression “he must have been raised by wolves.” I think the only difference here between a beast and a god is the possession of enough power to force the onlookers to endure asocial behavior.
19MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
So, it’s Aristotle Week at Quote of the Day!
“People never know each other until they have eaten a certain amount of salt together.”
Aristotle
I like this one. It sounds like something a wise old village Italian might say.
18MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
I agree with this quote. That’s part of the reason I started with the quote of the day. It’s actually for my morale.
“Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
17MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
Heinlein was probably exclusively thinking of religion but the relevancy to the Left’s brand of politically correct propaganda is extremely obvious to me.
It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.
16MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
Freedom and liberty are tricky words but I agree with the spirit of this saying.
“Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty”
Frank Herbert
15MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
He got this one right.
The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks
14MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
The common argument that crime is caused by poverty is a kind of slander on the poor.
11MAY2018 – Quote of the Day
Xenophon was a practical man. That must have frustrated his mentor Socrates. The thought of that pleases me immensely for some reason. I guess it’s my hate for Plato. Here’s more of an observation than a quote.
When the interests of mankind are at stake, they will obey with joy the man whom they believe to be wiser than themselves. You may prove this on all sides: you may see how the sick man will beg the doctor to tell him what he ought to do, how a whole ship’s company will listen to the pilot.
Xenophon