--- title: "14 Greater Quotes By Aristotle" description: "14 Greater quotes by Aristotle. Plus more from Aristotle and more Greater sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/aristotle-78_greater_the-whole-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-its_721435.png" --- > [The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-whole-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-its-parts/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a0/aristotle-78_greater_the-whole-is-greater-than-the-sum-of-its_721435.png) > [Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/of-mankind-in-general-the-parts-are-greater-than-the-whole/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa5/aristotle-78_character-education_of-mankind-in-general-the-parts-are-grea_740619.png) > [Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/personal-beauty-is-a-greater-recommendation-than-any-letter-of/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13b/aristotle-78_beauty_personal-beauty-is-a-greater-recommendat_2218366.png) > [What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/what-is-common-to-many-is-least-taken-care-of-for-all-men-have/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/046/aristotle-78_care_what-is-common-to-many-is-least-taken-ca_2208081.png) > [The many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-many-are-more-incorruptible-than-the-few-they-are-like-the/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ce/aristotle-78_democracy_the-many-are-more-incorruptible-than-the_985694.png) > [“The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-greater-the-length-the-more-beautiful-will-the-piece-be-by-reason/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67b/aristotle-78_beautiful_the-greater-the-length-the-more-beautifu_488499.png) > [The state or political community, which is the highest of all, and which embraces all the rest, aims at good in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-state-or-political-community-which-is-the-highest-of-all-and/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/aristotle-78_aim_the-state-or-political-community-which-i_737551.png) > [For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/for-the-lesser-evil-is-reckoned-a-good-in-comparison-with-the-greater/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3b/aristotle-78_chosen_for-the-lesser-evil-is-reckoned-a-good-i_55915.png) > [For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/for-any-two-portions-of-fire-small-or-great-will-exhibit-the-same/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/507/aristotle-78_body_for-any-two-portions-of-fire-small-or-gr_2335329.png) > [Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/aristotle-78_asking_although-it-may-be-difficult-in-theory-t_15314.jpg) > [The citizens begin by giving up some part of the constitution, and so with greater ease the government change something else which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-citizens-begin-by-giving-up-some-part-of-the-constitution-and-so/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/481/aristotle-78_citizens_the-citizens-begin-by-giving-up-some-par_2499647.png) > [It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-is-through-wonder-that-men-now-begin-and-originally-began-to/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f7d/aristotle-78_curiosity_it-is-through-wonder-that-men-now-begin_2411542.png) > [Plants, again, inasmuch as they are without locomotion, present no great variety in their heterogeneous pacts. For, when the functions are but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/plants-again-inasmuch-as-they-are-without-locomotion-present-no-great/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c71/aristotle-78_animal_plants-again-inasmuch-as-they-are-withou_965152.png) > [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) ## Other authors on Greater ## 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/greater/aristotle/#itemlist", "name": "14 Greater Quotes By Aristotle", "numberOfItems": 14, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", 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