Aristotle Quotes

Our judgments when we are pleased and friendly are not the same as when we are pained and hostile.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Change in all things is sweet.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

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

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Bad men are full of repentance.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Well begun is half done.

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

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