Aristotle Quotes


Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle Love 1,260
Friendship is essentially a partnership. Aristotle Friend 844
A true friend is one soul in two bodies. Aristotle Friends 753
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle Politics 518
Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction. Aristotle Beauty 355
It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth is possible. Aristotle Excellence 354
The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions. Aristotle Tragedy 259
The end of labor is to gain leisure. Aristotle Rest 207
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. Aristotle Nature 200
So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, the other inferior; the one governs, the other is governed; and the same rule must necessarily hold good with respect to all mankind. Aristotle Men 199
There is a foolish corner in the brain of the wisest man. Aristotle Fools 191
Happiness is the settling of the soul into its most appropriate spot. Aristotle Happiness 184
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. Aristotle Men 169
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. Aristotle Power 168
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. Aristotle Education 164
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; this is not easy. Aristotle Anger 162
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. Aristotle Suffering 160
Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods. Aristotle Friends 158
It is more difficult to organize peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not well organized. Aristotle Peace 154
Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids. Aristotle Character 154
Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal. Aristotle Crime 153
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 Life 148
We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace. Aristotle Rest 148
Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. Aristotle Goals 148
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle Art 142
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. Aristotle Motivation 139
The secret to humor is surprise. Aristotle Humor 139
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper. Aristotle Bravery 135
Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle Happy 134
Bad men are full of repentance. Aristotle Men 134
The aim of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle Art 130
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. Aristotle Actions 130
Meanness is incurable; it cannot be cured by old age, or by anything else. Aristotle Anger 130
Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle Decline 129
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. Aristotle Life 126
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. Aristotle Pleasure 122
One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try. Aristotle Doing 122
Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy. Aristotle Personality 120
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. Aristotle education 120
The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. Aristotle Virtue 119
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. Aristotle City 118
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. Aristotle Appearance 117
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self. Aristotle Self 116
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. Aristotle Equality 114
Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises. Aristotle Money 113
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. Aristotle Truth 113
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle education 113
With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible. Aristotle Art 112
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty. Aristotle Humor 111
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. Aristotle Art 110

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