--- title: "17 Differences Quotes By Aristotle" description: "17 Differences quotes by Aristotle. Plus more from Aristotle and more Differences sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/aristotle-78_childhood_the-habits-we-form-from-childhood-make-n_1209484.png" --- > [The habits we form from childhood make no small difference, but rather they make all the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-habits-we-form-from-childhood-make-no-small-difference-but-rather/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/aristotle-78_childhood_the-habits-we-form-from-childhood-make-n_1209484.png) > [The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-difference-between-a-learned-man-and-an-ignorant-one-is-the-same/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/aristotle-78_corpses_the-difference-between-a-learned-man-and_1776398.png) > [We are the sum of our actions, and therefore our habits make all the difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/we-are-the-sum-of-our-actions-and-therefore-our-habits-make-all-the/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69f/aristotle-78_action_we-are-the-sum-of-our-actions-and-theref_1717356.png) > [Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/anything-whose-presence-or-absence-makes-no-discernible-difference-is/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/230/aristotle-78_absence_anything-whose-presence-or-absence-makes_2321169.png) > [ It is clear that there is some difference between ends: some ends are energeia \[energy\], while others are products which are additional… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-is-clear-that-there-is-some-difference-between-ends-some-ends-are/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/540/aristotle-78_clear_it-is-clear-that-there-is-some-differenc_1071743.png) > [The real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-real-difference-between-democracy-and-oligarchy-is-poverty-and/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2af/aristotle-78_democracy_the-real-difference-between-democracy-an_3190545.png) > [For the real difference between humans and other animals is that humans alone have perception of good and evil, just and unjust,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/for-the-real-difference-between-humans-and-other-animals-is-that/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e5/aristotle-78_animal_for-the-real-difference-between-humans-a_680346.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) > [The structural unity of the parts is such that, if any one of them is displaced or removed, the whole will be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-structural-unity-of-the-parts-is-such-that-if-any-one-of-them-is/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0fa/aristotle-78_absence_the-structural-unity-of-the-parts-is-suc_2317587.jpg) > [Hence both women and children must be educated with an eye to the constitution, if indeed it makes any difference to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/hence-both-women-and-children-must-be-educated-with-an-eye-to-the/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/01f/aristotle-78_children_hence-both-women-and-children-must-be-ed_1459888.png) > [A young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science; for he is inexperienced in the actions that occur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-young-man-is-not-a-proper-hearer-of-lectures-on-political-science/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/782/aristotle-78_action_a-young-man-is-not-a-proper-hearer-of-le_951486.png) > [Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/those-who-have-the-command-of-the-arms-in-a-country-are-masters-of/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29b/aristotle-78_armed_those-who-have-the-command-of-the-arms-i_401262.jpg) > [...we are all inclined to ... direct our inquiry not by the matter itself, but by the views of our opponents; and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/we-are-all-inclined-to-direct-our-inquiry-not-by-the-matter-itself/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/aristotle-78_differences_we-are-all-inclined-to-direct-our-inquir_1423777.png) > [How strange it is that Socrates, after having made the children common, should hinder lovers from carnal intercourse only, but should permit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/how-strange-it-is-that-socrates-after-having-made-the-children-common/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7a/aristotle-78_brother_how-strange-it-is-that-socrates-after-ha_350717.png) > [Inasmuch as every family is a part of a state, and these relationships are the parts of a family, and the virtue…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/inasmuch-as-every-family-is-a-part-of-a-state-and-these-relationships/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/aristotle-78_character_inasmuch-as-every-family-is-a-part-of-a_879556.jpg) > [In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/in-a-word-acts-of-any-kind-produce-habits-or-characters-of-the-same/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efe/aristotle-78_certain_in-a-word-acts-of-any-kind-produce-habit_800734.png) > [There is nothing grand or noble in having the use of a slave, in so far as he is a slave; or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/there-is-nothing-grand-or-noble-in-having-the-use-of-a-slave-in-so/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a0/aristotle-78_command_there-is-nothing-grand-or-noble-in-havin_2210256.png) ## Other authors on Differences - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-richard-branson-78442.jpg) Richard Branson 27 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/richard-branson/) - [Mark Twain 23 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/mark-twain/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b007/author-dalai-lama-26000.jpg) Dalai Lama 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/dalai-lama/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 20 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/ralph-waldo-emerson/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-audre-lorde-15604.jpg) Audre Lorde 20 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/audre-lorde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rajneesh-77002.jpg) Rajneesh 18 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/rajneesh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-james-95592.jpg) William James 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/william-james/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-swami-vivekananda-88348.jpg) Swami Vivekananda 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/swami-vivekananda/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-john-c-maxwell-51081.jpg) John C. Maxwell 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/john-c-maxwell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jim-rohn-49870.jpg) Jim Rohn 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/jim-rohn/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-ronald-reagan-81107.jpg) Ronald Reagan 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/differences/ronald-reagan/) ## 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/differences/aristotle/#itemlist", "name": "17 Differences Quotes By Aristotle", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": 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