Aristotle Quotes

Aristotle - to thales the primary question was not what do we...
The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Man perfected by society is the best of all animals he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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All proofs rest on premises.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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Change in all things is sweet.
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No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
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In the arena of human life the honours and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities.
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Aristotle - anyone can become angry. that is easy. but to be...
Happiness is a state of activity.
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Wit is educated insolence.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.
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The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
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To perceive is to suffer.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.
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Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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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.
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He who cannot be a good follower cannot be a good leader.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
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Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
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A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.
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Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.
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What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.
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To love someone is to identify with them.
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What is a friend A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.
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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
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A friend is a second self.
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The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
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Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
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