Aristotle Quotes And Sayings

It Is Homer Who Has Chiefly Taught Other Poets The Art Of Telling Lies Skillfully.

Misfortune Shows Those Who Are Not Really Friends.

He Who Hath Many Friends Hath None.

No One Loves The Man Whom He Fears.

For Though We Love Both The Truth And Our Friends, Piety Requires Us To Honor The Truth First.

The Ultimate Value Of Life Depends Upon Awareness And The Power Of Contemplation Rather Than Upon Mere Survival.

Courage Is A Mean With Regard To Fear And Confidence.

A Tragedy Is A Representation Of An Action That Is Whole And Complete And Of A Certain Magnitude. A Whole Is What Has A Beginning And Middle And End.

The Generality Of Men Are Naturally Apt To Be Swayed By Fear Rather Than Reverence, And To Refrain From Evil Rather Because Of The Punishment That It Brings Than Because Of Its Own Foulness.

The Beginning Of Reform Is Not So Much To Equalize Property As To Train The Noble Sort Of Natures Not To Desire More, And To Prevent The Lower From Getting More.

A Statement Is Persuasive And Credible Either Because It Is Directly Self-evident Or Because It Appears To Be Proved From Other Statements That Are So.

The Gods Too Are Fond Of A Joke.

To Attain Any Assured Knowledge About The Soul Is One Of The Most Difficult Things In The World.

Law Is Mind Without Reason.

Pleasure In The Job Puts Perfection In The Work.

Hope Is A Waking Dream.

At His Best, Man Is The Noblest Of All Animals; Separated From Law And Justice He Is The Worst.

Love Is Composed Of A Single Soul Inhabiting Two Bodies.

The Aim Of Art Is To Represent Not The Outward Appearance Of Things, But Their Inward Significance.

The Educated Differ From The Uneducated As Much As The Living From The Dead.

Good Habits Formed At Youth Make All The Difference.

In All Things Of Nature There Is Something Of The Marvelous.

The Ideal Man Bears The Accidents Of Life With Dignity And Grace, Making The Best Of Circumstances.

In A Democracy The Poor Will Have More Power Than The Rich, Because There Are More Of Them, And The Will Of The Majority Is Supreme.

Character May Almost Be Called The Most Effective Means Of Persuasion.

To Run Away From Trouble Is A Form Of Cowardice And, While It Is True That The Suicide Braves Death, He Does It Not For Some Noble Object But To Escape Some Ill.

Some Kinds Of Animals Burrow In The Ground; Others Do Not. Some Animals Are Nocturnal, As The Owl And The Bat; Others Use The Hours Of Daylight. There Are Tame Animals And Wild Animals. Man And The Mule Are Always Tame; The Leopard And The Wolf Are Invariably Wild, And Others, As The Elephant, Are Easily Tamed.

The Aim Of The Wise Is Not To Secure Pleasure, But To Avoid Pain.

Wishing To Be Friends Is Quick Work, But Friendship Is A Slow Ripening Fruit.

The Wise Man Does Not Expose Himself Needlessly To Danger, Since There Are Few Things For Which He Cares Sufficiently; But He Is Willing, In Great Crises, To Give Even His Life - Knowing That Under Certain Conditions It Is Not Worthwhile To Live.

The Roots Of Education Are Bitter, But The Fruit Is Sweet.

If One Way Be Better Than Another, That You May Be Sure Is Nature's Way.

I Count Him Braver Who Overcomes His Desires Than Him Who Conquers His Enemies; For The Hardest Victory Is Over Self.

It Is Not Once Nor Twice But Times Without Number That The Same Ideas Make Their Appearance In The World.

Bad Men Are Full Of Repentance.

Those That Know, Do. Those That Understand, Teach.

The End Of Labor Is To Gain Leisure.

Nature Does Nothing In Vain.

Wit Is Educated Insolence.

Wit Is Educated Insolence.

It Is The Mark Of An Educated Mind To Be Able To Entertain A Thought Without Accepting It.

Dignity Does Not Consist In Possessing Honors, But In Deserving Them.

The Least Initial Deviation From The Truth Is Multiplied Later A Thousandfold.

Mothers Are Fonder Than Fathers Of Their Children Because They Are More Certain They Are Their Own.

Personal Beauty Is A Greater Recommendation Than Any Letter Of Reference.

Well Begun Is Half Done.

Courage Is The First Of Human Qualities Because It Is The Quality Which Guarantees The Others.

It Is Just That We Should Be Grateful, Not Only To Those With Whose Views We May Agree, But Also To Those Who Have Expressed More Superficial Views; For These Also Contributed Something, By Developing Before Us The Powers Of Thought.

Fear Is Pain Arising From The Anticipation Of Evil.

Men Acquire A Particular Quality By Constantly Acting In A Particular Way.