Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
Aristotle
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- Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
- Education is the best provision for old age.
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