“The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous.”… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Equality is of two kinds, numerical and proportional; by the first I mean sameness of equality in number or size; by the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Most persons think that a state in order to be happy ought to be large; but even if they are right, they… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
For any two portions of fire, small or great, will exhibit the same ratio of solid to void; but the upward movement… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To the size of the state there is a limit, as there is to plants, animals and implements, for none of these… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small… — 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
