A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If, therefore, there is any one superior in virtue and in the power of performing the best actions, him we ought to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Every wicked man is in ignorance as to what he ought to do, and from what to abstain, and it is because… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
One can aim at honor both as one ought, and more than one ought, and less than one ought. He whose craving… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But since there is but one aim for the entire state, it follows that education must be one and the same for… — 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… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The laws are, and ought to be, relative to the constitution, and not the constitution to the laws. A constitution is the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought…The little human animal will not at first… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Therefore the good man ought to be a lover of self, since he will then both benefit himself by acting nobly and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things…We ought rather to… — 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
Most men appear to think that the art of despotic government is statesmanship, and what men affirm to be unjust and inexpedient… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Special care should be taken of the health of the inhabitants, which will depend chiefly on the healthiness of the locality and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Women who are with child should be careful of themselves; they should take exercise and have a nourishing diet. The first of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they… — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. — Aristotle Copy Share
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
Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. — Aristotle Copy Share
Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities. — Aristotle Copy Share
To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men. — Aristotle Copy Share
