Aristotle Quotes
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Our problem is not that we aim too high and miss, but that we aim too low and hit.
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A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity.
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The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
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Again, the male is by nature superior, and the female inferior; and the one rules, and the other is ruled; this principle, of necessity, extends to all mankind.
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Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.
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When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.
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The quality of life is determined by its activities.
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The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.
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Teachers, who educate children, deserve more honour than parents, who merely gave them birth; for the latter provided mere life, while the former ensure a good life.
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A brave man is clear in his discourse, and keeps close to truth.
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The soul of man may be divided into two parts; that which has reason in itself, and that which hath not, but is capable of obeying its dictates.
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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 beautiful.
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We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.
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The true nature of anything is what it becomes at its highest.
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If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
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Excellence is an art won by training and habituation.
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The intention makes the crime.
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Happiness is at once the best, the noblest, and the pleasantest of things.
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The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook.
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A courageous person is one who faces fearful things as he ought and as reason directs for the sake of what is noble.
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It is the active exercise of our faculties in conformity with virtue that causes happiness, and the opposite activities its opposite.
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Since the things we do determine the character of life, no blessed person can become unhappy. For he will never do those things which are hateful and petty.
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We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.