Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Education and morals will be found almost the whole that goes to make a good man. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Women should marry when they are about eighteen years of age, and men at seven and thirty; then they are in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If you see a man approaching with the obvious intent of doing you good, run for your life. Consider pleasures as they… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The good man is he for whom, because he is virtuous, the things that are absolutely good are good; it is also… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Emotions of any kind are produced by melody and rhythm; therefore by music a man becomes accustomed to feeling the right emotions;… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If they do not share equally enjoyments and toils, those who labor much and get little will necessarily complain of those who… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Rhetoric is the counterpart of logic; since both are conversant with subjects of such a nature as it is the business of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
What is the highest of all goods achievable by action? ...both the general run of man and people of superior refinement say… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There are, then, these three means of effecting persuasion. The man who is to be in command of them must, it is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Take the case of just actions; just punishments and chastisements do indeed spring from a good principle, but they are good only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Tools may be animate as well as inanimate; for instance, a ship's captain uses a lifeless rudder, but a living man for… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The argument of Alcidamas: Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Some persons hold that, while it is proper for the lawgiver to encourage and exhort men to virtue on moral grounds, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Most men appear to think that the art of despotic government is statesmanship, and what men affirm to be unjust and inexpedient… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There are three things that are the motives of choice and three that are the motives of avoidance; namely, the noble, the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The same ideas, one must believe, recur in men's minds not once or twice but again and again. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A man's happiness consists in the free exercise of his highest faculties. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for… — Aristotle Copy Share
Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most… — Aristotle Copy Share
The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine. — Aristotle Copy Share
The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only… — Aristotle Copy Share
Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,… — Aristotle Copy Share
The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the… — Aristotle Copy Share
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share
Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of… — Aristotle Copy Share
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. — Aristotle Copy Share
To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men. — Aristotle Copy Share
