Aristotle Quotes

Greek philosopher and scientist

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Shame is an ornament of the young; a disgrace of the old.
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Whatever lies within our power to do lies also within our power not to do.
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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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It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world.
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Adventure is worthwhile.
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We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly.
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No one will dare maintain that it is better to do injustice than to bear it.
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Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
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The law is reason, free from passion.
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Law is order, and good law is good order.
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Law is mind without reason.
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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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Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.
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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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The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
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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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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment
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In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme.
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A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies.
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The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication.
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They – Young People have exalted notions, because they have not been humbled by life or learned its necessary limitations; moreover, their hopeful disposition makes them think themselves equal to great things – and that means having exalted notions. They would always rather do noble deeds than useful ones: Their lives are regulated more by moral feeling than by reasoning – all their mistakes are in the direction of doing things excessively and vehemently. They overdo everything – they love too much, hate too much, and the same with everything else.
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To give away money is an easy matter and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it and how large and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power nor an easy matter.
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