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title: "25 Ought Quotes By Aristotle"
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> [A king ruleth as he ought, a tyrant as he lists, a king to the profit of all, a tyrant only to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-king-ruleth-as-he-ought-a-tyrant-as-he-lists-a-king-to-the-profit/)

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> [Sophocles said he drew men as they ought to be, and Euripides as they were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/sophocles-said-he-drew-men-as-they-ought-to-be-and-euripides-as-they/)

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> [A man is his own best friend; therefore he ought to love himself best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/a-man-is-his-own-best-friend-therefore-he-ought-to-love-himself-best/)

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> [The democrats think that as they are equal they ought to be equal in all things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-democrats-think-that-as-they-are-equal-they-ought-to-be-equal-in/)

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> [It is not sufficient to know what one ought to say, but one must also know how to say it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-is-not-sufficient-to-know-what-one-ought-to-say-but-one-must-also/)

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> [If, therefore, there is any one superior in virtue and in the power of performing the best actions, him we ought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/if-therefore-there-is-any-one-superior-in-virtue-and-in-the-power-of/)

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> [The same things are best both for individuals and for states, and these are the things which the legislator ought to implant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-same-things-are-best-both-for-individuals-and-for-states-and/)

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> [Every wicked man is in ignorance as to what he ought to do, and from what to abstain, and it is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/every-wicked-man-is-in-ignorance-as-to-what-he-ought-to-do-and-from/)

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> [We ought, so far as it lies within our power, to aspire to immortality, and do all that we can to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/we-ought-so-far-as-it-lies-within-our-power-to-aspire-to-immortality/)

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> [One can aim at honor both as one ought, and more than one ought, and less than one ought. He whose craving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/one-can-aim-at-honor-both-as-one-ought-and-more-than-one-ought-and/)

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> [It has been well said that 'he who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.' The two are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/it-has-been-well-said-that-he-who-has-never-learned-to-obey-cannot-be/)

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> [But since there is but one aim for the entire state, it follows that education must be one and the same for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/but-since-there-is-but-one-aim-for-the-entire-state-it-follows-that/)

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> [The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-true-forms-of-government-therefore-are-those-in-which-the-one-or/)

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> [The laws are, and ought to be, relative to the constitution, and not the constitution to the laws. A constitution is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-laws-are-and-ought-to-be-relative-to-the-constitution-and-not-the/)

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> [The aim of education is to make the pupil like and dislike what he ought…The little human animal will not at first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-aim-of-education-is-to-make-the-pupil-like-and-dislike-what-he/)

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> [Therefore the good man ought to be a lover of self, since he will then both benefit himself by acting nobly and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/therefore-the-good-man-ought-to-be-a-lover-of-self-since-he-will-then/)

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> [Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. As in other sciences, so in politics, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/even-when-laws-have-been-written-down-they-ought-not-always-to-remain-2/)

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> [We ought not to listen to those who exhort us, because we are human, to think of human things…We ought rather to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/we-ought-not-to-listen-to-those-who-exhort-us-because-we-are-human-to/)

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> [In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/in-a-word-acts-of-any-kind-produce-habits-or-characters-of-the-same/)

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> [Most men appear to think that the art of despotic government is statesmanship, and what men affirm to be unjust and inexpedient…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/most-men-appear-to-think-that-the-art-of-despotic-government-is/)

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> [Special care should be taken of the health of the inhabitants, which will depend chiefly on the healthiness of the locality and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/special-care-should-be-taken-of-the-health-of-the-inhabitants-which/)

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> [Women who are with child should be careful of themselves; they should take exercise and have a nourishing diet. The first of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/women-who-are-with-child-should-be-careful-of-themselves-they-should/)

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> [We ought to be able to persuade on opposite sides of a question; as also we ought in the case of arguing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/we-ought-to-be-able-to-persuade-on-opposite-sides-of-a-question-as/)

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> [Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/most-persons-think-that-a-state-in-order-to-be-happy-ought-to-be/)

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> [All men, or most men, wish what is noble but choose what is profitable; and while it is noble to render a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-or-most-men-wish-what-is-noble-but-choose-what-is-profitable/)

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## Other authors on Ought

## More by Aristotle

> [The knowledge of the soul admittedly contributes greatly to the advance of truth in general, and, above all, to our understanding of Nature, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-knowledge-of-the-soul-admittedly-contributes-greatly-to-the/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Young men have strong passions and tend to gratify them indiscriminately. Of the bodily desires, it is the sexual by which they are most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/young-men-have-strong-passions-and-tend-to-gratify-them/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-body-is-at-its-best-between-the-ages-of-thirty-and-thirty-five/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The ensouled is distinguished from the unsouled by its being alive. Now since being alive is spoken of in many ways, even if only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-ensouled-is-distinguished-from-the-unsouled-by-its-being-alive/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Although it may be difficult in theory to know what is just and equal, the practical difficulty of inducing those to forbear who can,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/although-it-may-be-difficult-in-theory-to-know-what-is-just-and-equal/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The true forms of government, therefore, are those in which the one, or the few, or the many, govern with a view to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-true-forms-of-government-therefore-are-those-in-which-the-one-or/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [All men by nature desire to know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-men-by-nature-desire-to-know/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/all-persons-ought-to-endeavor-to-follow-what-is-right-and-not-what-is/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Give a man a poisoned fish, you feed him for the rest of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/give-a-man-a-fish-you-feed-him-for-a-day-give-a-man-a-poisoned-fish/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-man-who-confers-a-favour-would-rather-not-be-repaid-in-the-same/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [The mother of revolution and crime is poverty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/the-mother-of-revolution-and-crime-is-poverty/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/obstinate-people-can-be-divided-into-the-opinionated-the-ignorant-and/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/happiness-does-not-consist-in-pastimes-and-amusements-but-in-virtuous/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/to-learn-is-a-natural-pleasure-not-confined-to-philosophers-but/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

> [Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/every-virtue-is-a-mean-between-two-extremes-each-of-which-is-a-vice/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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