“Accordingly, the poet should prefer probable impossibilities to improbable possibilities.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“For the essence of a riddle is to express true facts under impossible combinations.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Experience has shown that it is difficult, if not impossible, for a populous state to be run by good laws. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. The story should never be made up of improbable incidents; there should… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“If, however, the poetic end might have been as well or better attained without sacrifice of technical correctness in such matters, the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Not every action or emotion however admits of the observance of a due mean. Indeed the very names of some directly imply… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In the case of some people, not even if we had the most accurate scientific knowledge, would it be easy to persuade… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But it is not at all certain that this superiority of the many over the sound few is possible in the case… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Rhetoric is useful because the true and the just are naturally superior to their opposites, so that, if decisions are improperly made,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
That which is impossible and probable is better than that which is possible and improbable. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share
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
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. — Aristotle Copy Share
To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men. — Aristotle Copy Share
