--- title: "6 Bad man Quotes By Aristotle" description: "6 Bad man quotes by Aristotle. Plus more from Aristotle and more Bad man sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/aristotle-78_animals_a-bad-man-can-do-a-million-times-more-ha_168375.png" --- > [A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-bad-man-can-do-a-million-times-more-harm-than-a-beast/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/aristotle-78_animals_a-bad-man-can-do-a-million-times-more-ha_168375.png) > [The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-bad-man-is-continually-at-war-with-and-in-opposition-to-himself/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/aristotle-78_bad-man_the-bad-man-is-continually-at-war-with-a_710023.png) > [Therefore the good man ought to be a lover of self, since he will then both benefit himself by acting nobly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/therefore-the-good-man-ought-to-be-a-lover-of-self-since-he-will-then/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30c/aristotle-78_accord_therefore-the-good-man-ought-to-be-a-lov_1138731.png) > [“And so the good man ought to be Self-loving: because by doing what is noble he will have advantage himself and will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/and-so-the-good-man-ought-to-be-self-loving-because-by-doing-what-is/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bff/aristotle-78_bad-man_and-so-the-good-man-ought-to-be-self-lov_1628572.png) > [“Hence it is evident that the state is a creation of nature, and that man is by nature a political animal. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/hence-it-is-evident-that-the-state-is-a-creation-of-nature-and-that/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e46/aristotle-78_bad-man_hence-it-is-evident-that-the-state-is-a_3115498.png) > [It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-makes-no-difference-whether-a-good-man-has-defrauded-a-bad-man-or/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74e/aristotle-78_adultery_it-makes-no-difference-whether-a-good-ma_3116881.png) ## Other authors on Bad man ## 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/bad-man/aristotle/#itemlist", "name": "6 Bad man Quotes By Aristotle", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristotle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-bad-man-can-do-a-million-times-more-harm-than-a-beast/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/aristotle-78_animals_a-bad-man-can-do-a-million-times-more-ha_168375.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/aristotle-78_animals_a-bad-man-can-do-a-million-times-more-ha_168375.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d6/aristotle-78_animals_a-bad-man-can-do-a-million-times-more-ha_168375.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.” — Aristotle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Aristotle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-bad-man-is-continually-at-war-with-and-in-opposition-to-himself/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/aristotle-78_bad-man_the-bad-man-is-continually-at-war-with-a_710023.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/aristotle-78_bad-man_the-bad-man-is-continually-at-war-with-a_710023.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b54/aristotle-78_bad-man_the-bad-man-is-continually-at-war-with-a_710023.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The bad man is continually at war with, and in opposition to, himself” — Aristotle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Therefore the good man ought to be a lover of self, since he will then both benefit himself by acting nobly and aid his fellows; but the bad man ought not to be a lover of self, since he will follow his base passions, and so injure both himself and his neighbors. 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