Just as a royal rule, if not a mere name, must exist by virtue of some great personal superiority in the king,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The duty of rhetoric is to deal with such matters as we deliberate upon without arts or systems to guide us, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is not easy for a person to do any great harm when his tenure of office is short, whereas long possession… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I say that habit's but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men's nature in the end. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued… — 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
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them. — 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
