Aristotle Quotes

Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
Died: 322 BC
Best Good Life Man Men Mind
Related authors: Democritus Diogenes Epictetus Epicurus Heraclitus Plato Plutarch Socrates
The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities. Aristotle
Truth Good Man Truth Is Natural Men Guess Approximately Faculty True Instinct Likely Also Make Makes Arrive Same Probabilities May Noted Who Hence Sufficient
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time. Aristotle
Time Angry Man Right Moment Feels Also Praise Against Length Persons Manner Moment Who Grounds Right
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. Aristotle
Life Rest Every Vain Thou Though Find Wilt Thy Were Fancy Act Last
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. Aristotle
Fear Men More Reverence Than Swayed
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Aristotle
Art Other Telling Telling Lies Lies Poets Taught Homer
Some kinds of animals burrow in the ground; others do not. Some animals are nocturnal, as the owl and the bat; others use the hours of daylight. There are tame animals and wild animals. Man and the mule are always tame; the leopard and the wolf are invariably wild, and others, as the elephant, are easily tamed. Aristotle
Man Animals Wolf Others Wild Bat Wild Animals Easily Kinds Some Invariably Nocturnal Daylight Hours Tame Tamed Always Owl Leopard Use Ground Mule Elephant
We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him. Aristotle
Time Angry You Respect People Fear Long Also Him Person Same Same Time Afraid Cannot Them
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. Aristotle
Friendship Good Men Wish Other Alike Excellence Perfect Well Themselves Who Each
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. Aristotle
Wisdom Justice Virtue Consists Moderation
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. Aristotle
Life Good State Good Life Sake Exist Existence
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. Aristotle
Quality Men Way Constantly Particular Particular Way Acquire Acting
To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world. Aristotle
Knowledge Soul World Difficult Assured About Attain Most Any Things Difficult Things
In constructing the plot and working it out with the proper diction, the poet should place the scene, as far as possible, before his eyes. In this way, seeing everything with the utmost vividness, as if he were a spectator of the action, he will discover what is in keeping with it, and be most unlikely to overlook inconsistencies. Aristotle
Eyes Will Poet Before Action Everything Unlikely Way Out Plot Possible Seeing Proper Scene Constructing He Most Overlook Were Discover His His Way Diction As Far As Place Far Should Working Utmost Keeping Spectator
No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. Aristotle
World Other Would Having No-One Condition Existence Friendless Choose Things
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. Aristotle
Property Business Better Men Disposition Benevolent Clearly Private Common Legislator Create Should Use Special
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence. Aristotle
Confidence Courage Fear Regard Mean
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. Aristotle
Art Good Thought Action Every Aim Inquiry Rightly All Things Some Similarly Been Which Choice Reason Things
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle
Nature History Philosophic Statements Those Something Rather More Poetry Since Import Than Whereas Hence Universal
For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does not make a man blessed and happy. Aristotle
Time Day Man Happy Blessed Too Summer One Day Make Does Nor Short Short Time Swallow
He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature. Aristotle
Nature Enough Apprehend He Another Reason Who Therefore Slave
Long-lived persons have one or two lines which extend through the whole hand; short-lived persons have two lines not extending through the whole hand. Aristotle
One Or Two Through Lines Hand Short-Lived Which Persons Whole Extend Extending Two
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. Aristotle
Politics Good Man Science Must End Therefore
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. Aristotle
Great Great City City Confounded
Most people would rather give than get affection. Aristotle
People Affection Would Give Rather Most Than Get
Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art. Aristotle
Art Other Defined Case Given Faculty Observing Any May Rhetoric Available Means Persuasion Function
The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; the middle position is a sign of the best disposition. Aristotle
Best Eyes Vision Animals Disposition Others Projecting Those Sign Some Small Most Moderate Middle Size Which Persons Large Acute Position
Load more quotes

No more Aristotle quotes

Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Aristotle.

About
Site pages
Top Quotes
Authors
Today's birthdays
Copyright © Quotesia 2025