Aristotle Quotes
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Whatever we learn to do, we learn by actually doing it; men come to be builders, for instance, by building, and harp players by playing the harp. In the same way, by doing just acts we come to be just; by doing self-controlled acts, we come to be self-controlled ; and by doing brave acts, we become brave.
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The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin.
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Every great genius has an admixture of madness.
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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Rightness in our choice of an end is secured by Moral Virtue.
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If you see a man approaching with the obvious intent of doing you good, run for your life.
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If purpose, then, is inherent in art, so is it in Nature also. The best illustration is the case of a man being his own physician, for Nature is like that - agent and patient at once.
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Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.
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What soon grows old? Gratitude.
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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.
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True happiness flows from the possession of wisdom and virtue and not from the possession of external goods.
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To be always seeking after the useful does not become free and exalted souls.
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In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.
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It is their character indeed that makes people who they are. But it is by reason of their actions that they are happy or the reverse.
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Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes.
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Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge.
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The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires.
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Beauty is the gift of God.
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All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions.
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Happiness depends upon ourselves.
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Good laws, if they are not obeyed, do not constitute good government.
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It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions.
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A man is the origin of his action.
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Friendship is a thing most necessary to life, since without friends no one would choose to live, though possessed of all other advantages.