The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Women should marry when they are about eighteen years of age, and men at seven and thirty; then they are in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The society that loses its grip on the past is in danger, for it produces men who know nothing but the present,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The happy life is regarded as a life in conformity with virtue. It is a life which involves effort and is not… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of the infinite in the direction of increase,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We have no evidence as yet about mind or the power to think; it seems to be a widely different kind of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If then it be possible that one contrary should exist, or be called into existence, the other contrary will also appear to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The life of theoretical philosophy is the best and happiest a man can lead. Few men are capable of it and then… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is the activity of the intellect that constitutes complete human happiness - provided it be granted a complete span of life,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
...happiness does not consist in amusement. In fact, it would be strange if our end were amusement, and if we were to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
...the life which is best for men, both separately, as individuals, and in the mass, as states, is the life which has… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The business of every art is to bring something into existence, and the practice of an art involves the study of how… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep. — 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
