"The intention makes the crime...." - Quote by Aristotle
The intention makes the crime.
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“Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number; for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted.”
“The body is most fully developed from thirty to thirty-five years of age, the mind at about forty-nine.”
“Happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to labor and suffer hardships all our life long merely to amuse ourselves.... The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not spent in amusement.”
More on Intention
“Let no act be done without purpose.”
“Nature forever puts a premium on reality. What is done for effect is seen to be done for effect; what is done for love is felt to be done for love. A man inspires affection and honor because he was not lying in wait for these.”
“If I knew for a certainty that a man was coming to my house with the conscious design of doing me good, I should run for my life.”