Aristotle : (9) " Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. " - Aristotle " Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. " - Aristotle " Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. " - Aristotle " Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. " - Aristotle " Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions. " - Aristotle " A friend to all is a friend to none. " - Aristotle " Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art. " - Aristotle " No one loves the man whom he fears. " - Aristotle " We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. " - Aristotle