Aristotle quotes

“Bad men are full of repentance.”

— Aristotle

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”

— Aristotle

“No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.”

— Aristotle

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. ”

— Aristotle

“A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold. ”

— Aristotle

“Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.”

— Aristotle

“All men by nature desire knowledge.”

— Aristotle

“A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.”

— Aristotle

“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.”

— Aristotle

“Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.”

— Aristotle

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

— Aristotle

“Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. ”

— Aristotle

“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

“The soul never thinks without a picture. ”

— Aristotle

“Wit is educated insolence.”

— Aristotle

“Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.”

— Aristotle

“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.”

— Aristotle

“Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. ”

— Aristotle

“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.”

— Aristotle

“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. ”

— Aristotle

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. ”

— Aristotle

“He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god. ”

— Aristotle

“Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”

— Aristotle

“The end of labor is to gain leisure. ”

— Aristotle

“No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. ”

— Aristotle

“The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. ”

— Aristotle

“He who hath many friends hath none.”

— Aristotle

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”

— Aristotle

“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. ”

— Aristotle

“Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. ”

— Aristotle