“No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. - Aristotle (Attributed by Seneca in Moral Essays, "De Tranquillitate Animi" On… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And so long as they were at war, their power was preserved, but when they had attained empire they fell, for of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Gentleness is the ability to bear reproaches and slights with moderation, and not to embark on revenge quickly, and not to be… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of actions some aim at what is necessary and useful, and some at what is honorable. And the preference given to one… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Thus then a single harmony orders the composition of the whole...by the mingling of the most contrary principles. — 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
Happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may… — 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
