Aristotle Quotes
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Nature does nothing uselessly.
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Even the best of men in authority are liable to be corrupted by passion. We may conclude then that the law is reason without passion, and it is therefore preferable to any individual.
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To know what virtue is is not enough; we must endeavor to possess and to practice it, or in some other manner actually ourselves to become good.
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A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange.... Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship.
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Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler.
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The roots of education … are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
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The soul of man may be divided into two parts; that which has reason in itself, and that which hath not, but is capable of obeying its dictates.
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Man is by nature a political animal.
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Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.
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We should venture on the study of every kind of animal without distaste; for each and all will reveal to us something natural and something beautiful.
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In everything, it is no easy task to find the middle.
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Happiness, then, is co-extensive with contemplation, and the more people contemplate, the happier they are; not incidentally, but in virtue of their contemplation, because it is in itself precious. Thus happiness is a form of contemplation.
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If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.
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By 'life,' we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay.
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
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No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
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The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
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The guest will judge better of a feast than the cook.
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For the things we have to learn before we can do, we learn by doing.
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Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources.
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The true end of tragedy is to purify the passions.
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Happiness is at once the best, the noblest, and the pleasantest of things.
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Remember that time slurs over everything, let all deeds fade, blurs all writings and kills all memories. Exempt are only those which dig into the hearts of men by love.