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Aristotle Quotes


It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.

Aristotle
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.

Aristotle
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

Aristotle
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

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
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal.

Aristotle
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Aristotle
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Aristotle
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.

Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Aristotle
Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

Aristotle
Most people would rather give than get affection.

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

Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

Aristotle
Nature does nothing in vain.

Aristotle
No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

Aristotle
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.

Aristotle
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

Aristotle
No one loves the man whom he fears.

Aristotle