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Certain Quotes by Aristotle
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
- A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of a certain magnitude. A whole is what has a beginning…
- 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…
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance…
- Salt water when it turns into vapour becomes sweet, and the vapour does not form salt water when it condenses again. This I know by…
- Music directly imitates the passions or states of the soul...when one listens to music that imitates a certain passion, he becomes imbued withthe same passion;…
- But it is not at all certain that this superiority of the many over the sound few is possible in the case of every people…
- Greatness of spirit is to bear finely both good fourtune and bad, honor and disgrace, and not to think highly of luxury or attention or…
- It is clear, then, that wisdom is knowledge having to do with certain principles and causes. But now, since it is this knowledge that we…
- Music has the power of producing a certain effect on the moral character of the soul, and if it has the power to do this,…
- A proper wife should be as obedient as a slave... The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Since we think we understand when we know the explanation, and there are four types of explanation (one, what it is to be a thing;…
- The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for it is evident that no one can master it fully…
- This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and…
More Certain Quotes
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue… — Aristotle
- It is a most certain truth, that the richer we see ourselves to be, confessing at the same time our poverty, the… — Teresa of Avila
- If you were to ask me if I'd ever had the bad luck to miss my daily cocktail, I'd have to say… — Luis Bunuel
- The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he… — Aristotle
- You know, men and women are a lot alike in certain situations. Like when they're both on fire - they're exactly alike. — Dave Attell
- The great uncertainty of all data in war is because all action, to a certain extent, planned in a mere twilight -… — Carl von Clausewitz