Quotes by Aristotle

Aristotle

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Lived from: 384 - 322

Category: Philosophers Country: FlagGreece

Quotes 21 till 40 of 165.

  • Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
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  • Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids.
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  • Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.
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  • He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature.
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  • He who hath many friends hath none.
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  • I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
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  • If happiness is activity in accordance with excellence, it is reasonable that it should be in accordance with the highest excellence.
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  • Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
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  • It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
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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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  • The end of labor is to gain leisure.
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  • The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.
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  • The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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  • The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
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  • The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
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  • 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.
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  • Well begun is half done.
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  • Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.
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  • A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.
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  • 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.
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