All Aristotle Quotes
- All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. All
- For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by… All
- Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. Age
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions. Creates
- We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. Action
- No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. Evil
- Most people would rather give than get affection. Affection
- Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. Fear
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. Continues
- We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. Ask
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Art
- Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. Philosophical
- The gods too are fond of a joke. Drinking
- It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Age
- He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by… Apprehend
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in… Care
- If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike… Alike
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed… Agree
- In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various… Arrangement
- To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for… Brave