Aristotle Quotes
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The avarice of mankind is insatiable.
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Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.
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Human beings are curious by nature.
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Thus every action must be due to one or other of seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reasoning, anger, or appetite.
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Happiness belongs to the self sufficient.
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Wonder implies the desire to learn.
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The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it.
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The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
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Friends enhance our ability to think and act.
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Those who act receive the prizes.
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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
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Friendship also seems to be the bond that hold communities together.
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A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.
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The self-indulgent man craves for all pleasant things... and is led by his appetite to choose these at the cost of everything else.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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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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For imagining lies within our power whenever we wish . . . but in forming opinons we are not free . . .
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But what is happiness? If we consider what the function of man is, we find that happiness is a virtuous activity of the soul.
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The more you know, the more you know you don't know.
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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.