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 man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Greatness of spirit is to bear finely both good fourtune and bad, honor and disgrace, and not to think highly of luxury… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The happy man . . . will be always or at least most often employed in doing and contemplating the things that… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It belongs to small-mindedness to be unable to bear either honor or dishonor, either good fortune or bad, but to be filled… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of ill-temper there are three kinds: irascibility, bitterness, sullenness. It belongs to the ill-tempered man to be unable to bear either small… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — 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
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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 Image
The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
