And, speaking generally, passion seems not to be amenable to reason, but only to force. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Patience is so like fortitude that she seems either her sister or her daughter. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Between husband and wife friendship seems to exist by nature, for man is naturally disposed to pairing. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them... — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
And inasmuch as the great-souled man deserves most, he must be the best of men; for the better a man is the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But nothing is yet clear on the subject of the intellect and the contemplative faculty. However, it seems to be another kind… — 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
The saying of Protagoras is like the views we have mentioned; he said that man is the measure of all things, meaning… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
But then in what way are things called good? They do not seem to be like the things that only chance to… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Anyone, without any great penetration, may distinguish the dispositions consequent on wealth; for its possessors are insolent and overbearing, from being tainted… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The first essential responsibility of the state is control of the market-place: there must be some official charged with the duty of… — 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
It must not be supposed that happiness will demand many or great possessions; for self-sufficiency does not depend on excessive abundance, nor… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Now if there is any gift of the gods to men, it is reasonable that happiness should be god-given, and most surely… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
... the friendship of worthless people has a bad effect (because they take part, unstable as they are, in worthless pursuits, and… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It seems that ambition makes most people wish to be loved rather than to love others. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Irrational passions would seem to be as much a part of human nature as is reason. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The brave man, if he be compared with the coward, seems foolhardy; and, if with the foolhardy man, seems a coward. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Greatness of Soul seems therefore to be as it were a crowning ornament of the virtues; it enhances their greatness, and it… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
We have no evidence as yet about mind or the power to think; it seems to be a widely different kind of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Phronimos, possessing practical wisdom . But the only virtue special to a ruler is practical wisdom; all the others must be possessed,… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When we look at the matter from another point of view, great caution would seem to be required. For the habit of… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to 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
