Any change of government which has to be introduced should be one which men, starting from their existing constitutions, will be both… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
When there is no middle class, and the poor greatly exceed in number, troubles arise, and the state soon comes to an… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Everybody loves a thing more if it has cost him trouble: for instance those who have made money love money more than… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
To die, and thus avoid poverty or love, or anything painful, is not the part of a brave man, but rather of… — 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
