Now it is evident that the form of government is best in which every man, whoever he is, can act best and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
For man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all;… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Whereas happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All men, or most men, wish what is noble but choose what is profitable; and while it is noble to render a… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
As the pleasures of the body are the ones which we most often meet with, and as all men are capable of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The good lawgiver should inquire how states and races of men and communities may participate in a good life, and in the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
In the many forms of government which have sprung up there has always been an acknowledgement of justice and proportionate equality, although… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man. — 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
