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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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  • Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
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  • A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
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  • But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.
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  • Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
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  • Memory is the scribe of the soul.
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  • No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.
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  • 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.
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  • The soul never thinks without a picture.
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  • To the query, ''What is a friend?'' his reply was ''A single soul dwelling in two bodies.''
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  • We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one.
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  • What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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What are the most famous quotes from Aristotle?

The two most famous quotes from Aristotle are:

  • "Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."
  • "A true friend is one soul in two bodies."

When did Aristotle live?

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