He used to say that personal beauty was a better introduction than any letter;

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• Another of his sayings was, that education was the best viaticum of old age.
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• It was a saying of his that education was an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
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• Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it.
  Said he, "That when they speak truth they are not believed...
• On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated:
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• Asked what he gained from philosophy, he answered, "To do without being commanded what others do from fear of the laws." -
  Diogenes Laertius (c. 200 AD) -- Aristotle,...
• The question was once put to him, how we ought to behave to our friends;
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