Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Hence intellect[ual perception] is both a beginning and an end, for the demonstrations arise from these, and concern them. As a result,… — 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
Also our fellow competitors, who are indeed the people just mentioned - we do not compete with men who lived a hundred… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If a man of good natural disposition acquires Intelligence [as a whole], then he excels in conduct, and the disposition which previously… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil. — 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
Not to get what you have set your heart on is almost as bad as getting nothing at all. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Opinion involves belief (for without belief in what we opine we cannot have an opinion), and in the brutes though we often… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Phronimos, possessing practical wisdom . But the only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom; all the others must be possessed,… — 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