All Aristotle Quotes
- Actions determine what kind of characteristics are developed. Action
- There is nothing strange in the circle being the origin of any and every marvel. Any
- Prosperity makes friends and adversity tries them. A true friend is one soul in two bodies Adversity
- A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a… Certain
- It is through wonder that men now begin and originally began to philosophize; wondering in the first place at obvious perplexities, and then by gradual… Began
- If we state the function of man to be a certain kind of life, and this to be an activity or actions of the soul… Accordance
- Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that of the limited),… Bad
- The vices respectively fall short of or exceed what is right in both passions and actions, while virtue both finds and chooses that which is… Action
- Poetry demands a man with a special gift for it, or else one with a touch of madness in him. Demand
- My lectures are published and not published; they will be intelligible to those who heard them, and to none beside. Beside
- The probable is what usually happens. Funny
- We must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils. Best
- In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are… Acts
- Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact. Differs
- For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good… Activity
- Concerning the generation of animals akin to them, as hornets and wasps, the facts in all cases are similar to a certain extent, but are… Akin
- One would have thought that it was even more necessary to limit population than property; and that the limit should be fixed by calculating the… Among
- For legislators make the citizens good by forming habits in them, and this is the wish of every legislator, and those who do not effect… Bad
- We should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste; for each and all will reveal to us something natural and something… All
- The best friend is he that, when he wishes a person's good, wishes it for that person's own sake. Best
- The law is reason unaffected by desire. Desire
- Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money from… All
- Evidence from torture may be considered completely untrustworthy Completely
- Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life Cities
- When you ask a dumb question, you get a smart answer. Answer