Even hackneyed and commonplace maxims are to be used, if they suit one’s purpose: just because...

Even hackneyed and commonplace maxims are to be used, if they suit one’s purpose: just because they are commonplace, every one seems to agree with them, and therefore they are taken for truth.

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Aristotle

Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy

383 - 321BC

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