Hope is a waking dream.

About Aristotle

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Aristotle (Ancient Greek: Ἀριστοτέλης, romanized: Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts. As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that...

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Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.

It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.

Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.

Democracy consists of choosing your dictators, after they've told you what you think it is you want to hear.

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To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.

—Anatole France

I know how men in exile feed on dreams of hope.

Bed is the poor man's opera.

—Italian proverb

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I think that when enough time has passed, when you've survived that which you didn't imagine you could, there's a dignity in that. Something you can own. A pride in knowing the pain made you stronger. The pain made you fight to succeed. Someday, when I'm living my dreams, I'm going to think of all the things that broke my heart and I'm going to be thankful for them.

—Mia Sheridan in Kyland

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Some friendships fade. People grow apart, lose touch, want different things. Dreams woven together, unravel.

—Kimberly Marcus in Exposed

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