Aristotle Quotes
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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The avarice of mankind is insatiable.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent, in the right manner, and for the right purpose. Thus, to give money away is quite a simple task, but for the act to be virtuous, the donor must give to the right person, for the right purpose, in the right amount, in the right manner, and at the right time.
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The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
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Anything whose presence or absence makes no discernible difference is no essential part of the whole.
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Life in the true sense is perceiving or thinking.
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A true disciple shows his appreciation by reaching further than his teacher.
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A person's life persuades better than his word.
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What we know is not capable of being otherwise; of things capable of being otherwise we do not know, when they have passed outsideour observation, whether they exist or not. Therefore the object of knowledge is of necessity. Therefore it is eternal; for things that are of necessity in the unqualified sense are all eternal; and things that are eternal are ungenerated and imperishable.
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All human happiness and misery take the form of action.
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Happiness is a sort of action.
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The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
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Friendship also seems to be the bond that hold communities together.
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To Unlearn is as hard as to Learn.
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Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.
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Democracy arose from men’s thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely in all respects.
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The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it.
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Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.