Aristotle Quotes
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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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Those whose days are consumed in the low pursuits of avarice, or the gaudy frivolties of fashion, unobservant of nature's lovelinessof demarcation, nor on which side thereof an intermediate form should lie.
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Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
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Definition of tragedy: A hero destroyed by the excess of his virtues.
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The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend.
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Human beings are curious by nature.
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It is our actions and the soul's active exercise of its functions that we posit as being Happiness.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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Happiness involves engagement in activities that promote one's highest potentials.
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Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.
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Without virtue it is difficult to bear gracefully the honors of fortune.
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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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You can never learn anything that you did not already know.
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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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Everyone honors the wise.
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All learning is derived from things previously known.
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Wicked me obey from fear; good men,from love.
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What is common to many is least taken care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than what they possess in common with others.
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All human happiness and misery take the form of action.
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The honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action.
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They who are to be judges must also be performers.
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Happiness is the utilization of one's talents along lines of excellence.
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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.