Aristotle Quotes

Philosophy is the science which considers truth.
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I have gained this by philosophy that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
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Law is mind without reason.
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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
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Aristotle - what lies in our power to do, it lies in our...
The gods too are fond of a joke.
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All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.
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It is easy to fly into a passion - - Anybody can do that - - But to be angry with the right person and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way - - That is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it.
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The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
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Happiness is a state of activity.
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Aristotle - it is the mark of an educated mind to be able to...
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.
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Aristotle - the best friend is the man who in wishing me well...
What is a friend A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
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Wit is educated insolence.
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Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
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It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
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Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.
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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
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Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
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To love someone is to identify with them.
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A flatterer is a friend who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow - Ripening fruit.
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Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.
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All proofs rest on premises.
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A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.
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Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - That is not easy.
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It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.
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It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered.
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A friend is a second self.
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We are what we repeatedly do.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
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The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
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Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. Thus, there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people.
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