--- title: "18 Class Quotes By Aristotle" description: "18 Class quotes by Aristotle. Plus more from Aristotle and more Class sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/aristotle-78_class_it-is-the-mark-of-an-educated-man-to-loo_305782.png" --- > [It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-is-the-mark-of-an-educated-man-to-look-for-precision-in-each-class/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51e/aristotle-78_class_it-is-the-mark-of-an-educated-man-to-loo_305782.png) > [He who is by nature not his own but another's man is by nature a slave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/he-who-is-by-nature-not-his-own-but-another-s-man-is-by-nature-a-slave/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/aristotle-78_class_he-who-is-by-nature-not-his-own-but-anot_2086788.png) > [When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/when-there-is-no-middle-class-and-the-poor-greatly-exceed-in-number/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a90/aristotle-78_arise_when-there-is-no-middle-class-and-the-po_402820.png) > [When quarrels and complaints arise, it is when people who are equal have not got equal shares, or vice-versa.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/when-quarrels-and-complaints-arise-it-is-when-people-who-are-equal/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cc/aristotle-78_arise_when-quarrels-and-complaints-arise-it-is_1985180.png) > [Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/character-is-that-which-reveals-moral-purpose-exposing-the-class-of/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f4/aristotle-78_angel_character-is-that-which-reveals-moral-pu_1861921.png) > [No state will be well administered unless the middle class holds sway.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/no-state-will-be-well-administered-unless-the-middle-class-holds-sway/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b3/aristotle-78_class_no-state-will-be-well-administered-unles_1675242.png) > [The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-best-political-community-is-formed-by-citizens-of-the-middle-class/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1d/aristotle-78_best-political_the-best-political-community-is-formed-b_1001724.png) > [The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-most-perfect-political-community-is-one-in-which-the-middle-class/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e21/aristotle-78_class_the-most-perfect-political-community-is_2571198.png) > [The most perfect political community must be amongst those who are in the middle rank, and those states are best instituted wherein…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-most-perfect-political-community-must-be-amongst-those-who-are-in/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/000/aristotle-78_class_the-most-perfect-political-community-mus_2658176.png) > [Every formed disposition of the soul realizes its full nature in relation to and dealing with that class of objects by which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/every-formed-disposition-of-the-soul-realizes-its-full-nature-in/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20e/aristotle-78_class_every-formed-disposition-of-the-soul-rea_2818757.png) > [A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-government-which-is-composed-of-the-middle-class-more-nearly/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/aristotle-78_class_a-government-which-is-composed-of-the-mi_2485973.png) > [Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/yet-the-true-friend-of-the-people-should-see-that-they-be-not-too/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/224/aristotle-78_character_yet-the-true-friend-of-the-people-should_187902.png) > [Every man should be responsible to others, nor should anyone be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/every-man-should-be-responsible-to-others-nor-should-anyone-be/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9a8/aristotle-78_absolute-freedom_every-man-should-be-responsible-to-other_441661.png) > [Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/again-it-is-possible-to-fail-in-many-ways-for-evil-belongs-to-the/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ac/aristotle-78_character_again-it-is-possible-to-fail-in-many-way_883821.jpg) > [Democracy appears to be safer and less liable to revolution than oligarchy. For in oligarchies there is the double danger of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/democracy-appears-to-be-safer-and-less-liable-to-revolution-than/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/aristotle-78_arise_democracy-appears-to-be-safer-and-less-l_1104994.png) > [Anger is always concerned with individuals, ... whereas hatred is directed also against classes: we all hate any thief and any informer.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/anger-is-always-concerned-with-individuals-whereas-hatred-is-directed/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7fb/aristotle-78_aim_anger-is-always-concerned-with-individua_1101339.png) > [Of actions some aim at what is necessary and useful, and some at what is honorable. And the preference given to one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/of-actions-some-aim-at-what-is-necessary-and-useful-and-some-at-what/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ef/aristotle-78_action_of-actions-some-aim-at-what-is-necessary_874810.png) > [If there is any kind of animal which is female and has no male separate from it, it is possible that this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/if-there-is-any-kind-of-animal-which-is-female-and-has-no-male/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c55/aristotle-78_animal_if-there-is-any-kind-of-animal-which-is_484467.jpg) ## Other authors on Class - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 51 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 42 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-karl-marx-55237.jpg) Karl Marx 35 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/karl-marx/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 32 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/noam-chomsky/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 26 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-mao-zedong-63096.jpg) Mao Zedong 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/mao-zedong/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/rush-limbaugh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-marco-rubio-63267.jpg) Marco Rubio 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/marco-rubio/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bell-hooks-16868.jpg) Bell Hooks 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/bell-hooks/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-vladimir-lenin-94029.jpg) Vladimir Lenin 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/vladimir-lenin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-oscar-wilde-72846.jpg) Oscar Wilde 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/class/oscar-wilde/) ## 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/class/aristotle/#itemlist", "name": "18 Class Quotes By Aristotle", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": 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