Aristotle Quotes

Aristotle: Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend. | Citatis

Plato is my friend, but truth is a better friend.

Aristotle

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Let us come to the philosophers, whose authority is of greater weight, and their judgment more to be relied on, because they are believed to have paid attention, not to matters of fiction, but to the investigation of the truth.

Lactantius
Truth-tellers who expect others to believe them tend to speak naturally and un-self-consciously. But if they don't expect to be believed, they may try too hard to seem honest. Unfortunately, the result makes them sound less believable. Obviously, then, not every oddly phrased statement is a lie.

Pamela Meyer
- Believe
- May
- Truth
I have always said that everyone is in sales. Maybe you don't hold the title of salesperson, but if the business you are in requires you to deal with people, you, my friend, are in sales.

Zig Ziglar
- People
- Business
- Friend
I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one.

Uma Thurman
- Truth
- Plan
- Truth Is
In truth, every creation of the mind is first of all 'poetic' in the proper sense of the word; and inasmuch as there exists an equivalence between the modes of sensibility and intellect, it is the same function that is exercised initially in the enterprises of the poet and the scientist.

Saint-John Perse
- Mind
- Truth
- Same
I have lost someone I loved as a brother, as a closest friend, and a remarkable human being. We have also lost one of the best damn actors we'll ever see.

Jack Lemmon
- Lost
- Friend
- Best