Quotes by Aristotle

Aristotle

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Lived from: 384 - 322

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagGreece

  • 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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  • 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.
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  • A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
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  • Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
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  • Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.
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  • Friendship is essentially a partnership.
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  • A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
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  • Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.
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  • All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
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  • At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
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  • Education is the best provision for old age.
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  • First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
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  • Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.
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  • All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
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  • Homer has taught all other poets the are of telling lies skillfully.
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  • Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.
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  • Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
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  • The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
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  • A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
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  • All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
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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."
  • "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."

When did Aristotle live?

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