Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he, 'That when they speak truth they are not believed.'
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To arrive at perfection, a man should have very sincere friends or inveterate enemies because he would be made sensible of his good or ill conduct, either by the censures of the one or the admonitions of the other.Diogenes the Cynic
He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge and one only evil, namely, ignorance.
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Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
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The question was put to him, what hope is and his answer was, 'The dream of a waking man.'
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