Now if there is any gift of the gods to men, it is reasonable that happiness should be god-given, and most surely… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Now the greatest external good we should assume to be the thing which we offer as a tribute to the gods, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or… — 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
Happiness itself is sufficient excuse. Beautiful things are right and true; so beautiful actions are those pleasing to the gods. Wise men… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
For pleasure is a state of soul, and to each man that which he is said to be a lover of is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Men must be able to engage in business and go to war, but leisure and peace are better; they must do what… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Some persons hold that, while it is proper for the lawgiver to encourage and exhort men to virtue on moral grounds, in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And inasmuch as the great-souled man deserves most, he must be the best of men; for the better a man is the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the stock be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a 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
