With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy arose from mans thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“the greater the number of owners, the less the respect for common property. People are much more careful of their personal possessions… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
So it is naturally with the male and the female; the one is superior, the other inferior; the one governs, the other… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Holding as we do that, while knowledge of any kind is a thing to be honoured and prized, one kind of it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
One cannot say of something that it is and that it is not in the same respect at the same time. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Those that deem politics beneath their dignity are doomed to be governed by those of lesser talents. — 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
“Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them.” — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Fame means being respected by everybody, or having some quality that is desired by all men, or by most, or by the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
“Hence while in respect of its substance and the definition that states what it really is in essence virtue is the observance… — 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
