It is also in the interests of the tyrant to make his subjects poor... the people are so occupied with their daily… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Yet the true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme povery lowers the character of… — 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
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — 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
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
Every effort therefore must be made to perpetuate prosperity. And, since that is to the advantage of the rich as well as… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The true friend of the people should see that they be not too poor, for extreme poverty lowers the character of the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be… — 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
