Society Quotes by Aristotle

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

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

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

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

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

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

All men by nature desire to know.

— Aristotle

All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established.

— Aristotle

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

The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.

— Aristotle

The mother of revolution and crime is poverty

— Aristotle

Obstinate people can be divided into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish.

— Aristotle

Happiness does not consist in pastimes and amusements but in virtuous activities.

— Aristotle

To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men.

— Aristotle

Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.

— Aristotle