Aristotle Quotes

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And when with excellent Microscopes I discern in otherwise invisible Objects the Inimitable Subtlety of Nature's Curious Workmanship; And when, in a word, by the… — Robert Boyle
Bacon first taught the world the true method of the study of nature, and rescued science from that barbarism in which the followers of Aristotle,… — Thomas Young
Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well. — Samuel Johnson
Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is in… — Bertrand Russell
He that will write well in any tongue must follow this counsel of Aristotle: to speak as the common people do, to think as wise… — Roger Ascham
On the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle, the aphorisms of… — Robert Bellarmine
Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, I did not give it to the man, but to humanity. — Samuel Johnson
At the dressing table, every woman has a chance to be an artist, and art, as Aristotle said, 'completes what nature left unfinished.' — Sophia Loren
Aristotle was once asked what those who tell lies gain by it. Said he - That when they speak truth they are not believed. — Diogenes
We may have many acquaintances, but we can have but few friends; this made Aristotle say that he that hath many friends hath none. — Samuel Johnson
As everyone knows, the ancients before Aristotle did not consider the dream a product of the dreaming mind, but a divine inspiration, and in ancient… — Sigmund Freud
The intimate and the infinite are tangled together in this incandescent book, lit by Aristotleâ€™s bright spark of a daughter. Lucid even in nightmare, The… — Marina Endicott
The infinitesimal seedlings became a forest of trees that grew courteously, correcting the distances between themselves as they shaped themselves to the promptings of available… — Unknown Author
But, lady, as women, what wisdom may be ours if not the philosophies of the kitchen? Lupercio Leonardo spoke well when he said: 'how well… — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
We are dealing with the best-educated generation in history. But they've got a brain dressed up with nowhere to go. Science is all metaphor. In… — Timothy Leary
ZOOLOGY, n. The science and history of the animal kingdom, including its king, the House Fly ("Musca maledicta"). The father of Zoology was Aristotle, as… — Ambrose Bierce
Words are wise men's counters, they do but reckon by them: but they are the money of fools, that value them by the authority of… — Thomas Hobbes
Aristotle could have known so much more if he cooked. — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
It is doubtless one of Aristotle's great services that he conceived so clearly the truth that literature is a thing that grows and has a… — Gilbert Murray
As Aristotle wrote a long, long time ago, and I'm paraphrasing here, the goal is to avoid mediocrity by being prepared to try something and… — Georges St-Pierre

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