--- title: "8 Association Quotes By Aristotle" description: "8 Association quotes by Aristotle. Plus more from Aristotle and more Association sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/aristotle-78_association_and-it-is-characteristic-of-man-that-he_276131.png" --- > [And it is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/and-it-is-characteristic-of-man-that-he-alone-has-any-sense-of-good/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/aristotle-78_association_and-it-is-characteristic-of-man-that-he_276131.png) > [The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-family-is-the-association-established-by-nature-for-the-supply-of/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/aristotle-78_association_the-family-is-the-association-establishe_283140.png) > [... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-friendship-of-worthless-people-has-a-bad-effect-because-they-take/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1bb/aristotle-78_admire_the-friendship-of-worthless-people-has-a_470465.png) > [The family is the association established by nature for the supply of man's everyday wants.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-family-is-the-association-established-by-nature-for-the-supply-of-2/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/08a/aristotle-78_association_the-family-is-the-association-establishe_1194616.png) > [So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/so-we-must-lay-it-down-that-the-association-which-is-a-state-exists/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/158/aristotle-78_action_so-we-must-lay-it-down-that-the-associat_1468897.png) > [A state is an association of similar persons whose aim is the best life possible. What is best is happiness, and to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-state-is-an-association-of-similar-persons-whose-aim-is-the-best/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/768/aristotle-78_active_a-state-is-an-association-of-similar-per_1732150.jpg) > [Every community is an association of some kind and every community is established with a view to some good; for everyone always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/every-community-is-an-association-of-some-kind-and-every-community-is/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/aristotle-78_aim_every-community-is-an-association-of-som_2956161.png) > [So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/so-we-must-lay-it-down-that-the-association-which-is-a-state-exists-2/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ac/aristotle-78_action_so-we-must-lay-it-down-that-the-associat_2956746.png) ## Other authors on Association ## More by Aristotle > [The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-knowledge-of-the-soul-admittedly-contributes-greatly-to-the/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/young-men-have-strong-passions-and-tend-to-gratify-them/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-body-is-at-its-best-between-the-ages-of-thirty-and-thirty-five/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-ensouled-is-distinguished-from-the-unsouled-by-its-being-alive/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/although-it-may-be-difficult-in-theory-to-know-what-is-just-and-equal/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-true-forms-of-government-therefore-are-those-in-which-the-one-or/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [All men by nature desire to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-by-nature-desire-to-know/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-persons-ought-to-endeavor-to-follow-what-is-right-and-not-what-is/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/give-a-man-a-fish-you-feed-him-for-a-day-give-a-man-a-poisoned-fish/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-man-who-confers-a-favour-would-rather-not-be-repaid-in-the-same/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [The mother of revolution and crime is poverty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-mother-of-revolution-and-crime-is-poverty/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/obstinate-people-can-be-divided-into-the-opinionated-the-ignorant-and/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/happiness-does-not-consist-in-pastimes-and-amusements-but-in-virtuous/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/to-learn-is-a-natural-pleasure-not-confined-to-philosophers-but/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/every-virtue-is-a-mean-between-two-extremes-each-of-which-is-a-vice/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/association/aristotle/#itemlist", "name": "8 Association Quotes By Aristotle", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "And it is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the like, and the association of living beings who have this sense makes family and a state.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristotle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/and-it-is-characteristic-of-man-that-he-alone-has-any-sense-of-good/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/aristotle-78_association_and-it-is-characteristic-of-man-that-he_276131.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/aristotle-78_association_and-it-is-characteristic-of-man-that-he_276131.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/aristotle-78_association_and-it-is-characteristic-of-man-that-he_276131.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“And it is characteristic of man that he alone has any sense of good and evil, of just and unjust, and the…” — Aristotle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristotle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-family-is-the-association-established-by-nature-for-the-supply-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/aristotle-78_association_the-family-is-the-association-establishe_283140.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/aristotle-78_association_the-family-is-the-association-establishe_283140.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9c/aristotle-78_association_the-family-is-the-association-establishe_283140.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The family is the association established by nature for the supply of men's everyday wants.” — Aristotle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and actually become bad through each other's influence). 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