That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. Every one thinks chiefly of his own,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The male has more teeth than the female in mankind, and sheep and goats, and swine. This has not been observed in… — 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
Because the rich are generally few in number, while the poor are many, they appear to be antagonistic, and as the one… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked; for if there… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To leave the number of births unrestricted, as is done in most states, inevitably causes poverty among the citizens, and poverty produces… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The form of government is a democracy when the free, who are also poor and the majority, govern, and an oligarchy when… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Equality is of two kinds, numerical and proportional; by the first I mean sameness of equality in number or size; by the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If the poor, for example, because they are more in number, divide among themselves the property of the rich,- is not this… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The right constitutions, three in number- kingship, aristocracy, and polity- and the deviations from these, likewise three in number - tyranny from… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But obviously a state which becomes progressively more and more of a unity will cease to be a state at all. Plurality… — 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
