Aristotle Quotes
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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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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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Every great genius has an admixture of madness.
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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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Intuition is the source of scientific knowledge.
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In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.
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A man is the origin of his action.
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Beauty is the gift of God.
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Fortune favours the bold.
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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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The probable is what usually happens.
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It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want.
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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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Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.
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All are agreed that the various moral qualities are in a sense bestowed by nature: we are just, and capable of temperance, and brave, and possessed of the other virtues from the moment of our birth. But nevertheless we expect to find that true goodness is something different, and that the virtues in the true sense come to belong to us in another way. For even children and wild animals possess the natural dispositions, yet without Intelligence these may manifestly be harmful.
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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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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
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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.
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Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.