Quotes by Aristotle
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.
Wit is educated insolence.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
The law is reason, free from passion.
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the performance of virtuous actions.
Man is by nature a political animal.
A friend to all is a friend to none.
It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures.
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
Hope is the dream of a waking man.
