Aristotle Quotes
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.Aristotle
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.Aristotle
What is a friend A single soul dwelling in two bodies.Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.Aristotle
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.Aristotle
What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.Aristotle
The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.Aristotle
All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.Aristotle
The gods too are fond of a joke.Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.Aristotle
There was never a genius without a tincture of madness.Aristotle
A friend is a second self.Aristotle
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.Aristotle
He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.Aristotle
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.Aristotle
Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.Aristotle
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.Aristotle
It is easy to fly into a passion - - Anybody can do that - - But to be angry with the right person and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way - - That is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it.Aristotle
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.Aristotle
The gods too are fond of a joke.Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow - Ripening fruit.Aristotle
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.Aristotle
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.Aristotle
Happiness is a state of activity.Aristotle
All proofs rest on premises.Aristotle
What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.Aristotle
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence.Aristotle
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead.Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence.Aristotle
Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - That is not easy.Aristotle
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.Aristotle
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.Aristotle
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.Aristotle
