The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
. . . the man is free, we say, who exists for his own sake and not for another's. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
. . . Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Nowadays, for the sake of the advantage which is to be gained from the public revenues and from office, men want to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Man's best friend is one who wishes well to the object of his wish for his sake, even if no one is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Now, the causes being four, it is the business of the student of nature to know about them all, and if he… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When several villages are united in a single complete community, large enough to be nearly or quite self-sufficing, the state comes into… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A thing chosen always as an end and never as a means we call absolutely final. Now happiness above all else appears… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There are branches of learning and education which we must study merely with a view to leisure spent in intellectual activity, and… — 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
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
Of cases where a man is truthful both in speech and conduct when no considerations of honesty come in, from an habitual… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But a man's best friend is the one who not only wishes him well but wishes it for his own sake (even… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If, then, there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake (everything else being desired… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Neither should men study war with a view to the enslavement of those who do not deserve to be enslaved; but first… — 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
Happiness is a thing honored and perfect. This seems to be borne out by the fact that it is a first principle… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If there is some end of the things we do, which we desire for its own sake, clearly this must be the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
So we must lay it down that the association which is a state exists not for the purpose of living together but… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
If then nature makes nothing without some end in view, nothing to no purpose, it must be that nature has made all… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is… — 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
