Aristotle Quotes
Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. Thus, there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.Aristotle
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.Aristotle
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.Aristotle
In the arena of human life the honours and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities.Aristotle
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.Aristotle
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.Aristotle
It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.Aristotle
Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable.Aristotle
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.Aristotle
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.Aristotle
The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.Aristotle
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves.Aristotle
Education is the best provision for old age.Aristotle
To perceive is to suffer.Aristotle
A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.Aristotle
The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.Aristotle
Philosophy is the science which considers truth.Aristotle
I have gained this by philosophy that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.Aristotle
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.Aristotle
Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.Aristotle
Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.Aristotle
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.Aristotle
To Thales the primary question was not what do we know, but how do we know it.Aristotle
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.Aristotle
Law is mind without reason.Aristotle
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.Aristotle
Change in all things is sweet.Aristotle
To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.Aristotle
Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.Aristotle
Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of it...Aristotle
Time crumbles things everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government.Aristotle
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.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
We are what we repeatedly do.Aristotle
