"If men are given food, but no..." - Quote by Aristotle
If men are given food, but no chastisement nor any work, they become insolent.
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“Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result, one ought to pay attention to the undemonstrated assertions and opinions of experienced and older people, or of the prudent, no less than to demonstrations, for, because the have an experienced eye, they see correctly.”
“Through discipline comes freedom.”
“For those who possess and can wield arms are in a position to decide whether the constitution is to continue or not”
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“Watch your habits, they determine your character.”
“There are two paths people can take. They can either play now and pay later, or pay now and play later. Regardless of the choice, one thing is certain. Life will demand a payment.”
“...We now realize as we have never before our interdependence on each other; that we cannot merely take, but we must be willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline, because without such discipline, no progress is made, no leadership becomes effective.”
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“If it is surely the means to the highest end we know, can any work be humble or disgusting? Will it not rather be elevating as a ladder, the means by which we are translated?”
“If any man will preach as he should preach, his work will take more out of him than any other labor under heaven.”
“A vocation is the backbone of life.”