Aphorism Quote by Robert Bellarmine

Aristotle turns out to be an extremely practical guide for those asking such personally profound questions, like: What should I do next to find…

— James O'Toole

“What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, no matter how well selected, or the best society, or the most admirable routine…

— Henry David Thoreau

“For, how could you expect me not to feel uneasy about what that ancient lawgiver they call the Public will say when it sees…

— Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

“You will study the wisdom of the past, for in a wilderness of conflicting counsels, a trail has there been blazed. You will study…

— Benjamin N. Cardozo

“The present work is, then, the masterpiece of one particular literary genre that flourished in the fourth century BC in Greece, that of the…

— Aristotle

“This conglomeration of decayed antiquity, collected with the disease of greed, surely invites our charity. It would be better to forget these trumpery ideas,…

— Austin Osman Spare

“I knew that the languages which one learns there are necessary to understand the works of the ancients; and that the delicacy of fiction…

— Anonymous

“Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people being necessary for the preservation of their rights and…

— John Adams

Aristotle is the last Greek philosopher who faces the world cheerfully; after him, all have, in one form or another, a philosophy of retreat.

— Bertrand Russell

“A greater subject fitteth Faustus' wit: Bid Economy10 farewell, and11 Galen come, Seeing, Ubi desinit philosophus, ibi incipit medicus: Be a physician, Faustus; heap…

— Christopher Marlowe

Aristotle, in spite of his reputation, is full of absurdities. He says that children should be conceived in the Winter, when the wind is…

— Bertrand Russell

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.   —Aristotle”

— Greg Iles