Quotes by Aristotle with men

Aristotle

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Lived from: 384 - 322

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  • 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.
  • At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
  • The end of labor is to gain leisure.
  • It is easy to fly into a passion... anybody can do that, but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time and in the right way… that is not easy.
  • Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
  • We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time.
  • Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
  • We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
  • 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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  • Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.
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  • Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
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  • All men by nature desire knowledge.
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  • Bad men are full of repentance.
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  • Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely.
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  • Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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  • 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.
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  • It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
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  • It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
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  • It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize.
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  • Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
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  • To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.
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  • Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
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What are the most famous quotes from Aristotle?

The two most famous quotes from Aristotle are:

  • "Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy."
  • "Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life."

When did Aristotle live?

Aristotle was born in 384 and died in the year 322.