Aristotle Quotes

“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”

“Man is by nature a political animal.”

“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.”

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.”

“The law is reason, free from passion.”

“The end of labour is to gain leisure.”

“We make war that we may live in peace.”

“Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.”

“Change in all things is sweet.”

“Nature does nothing in vain.”

“In all things of nature there is something of the marvellous.”

“The whole is something besides the parts.”

“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.”

“Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.”

“Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.”

“The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor.”

“Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.”

“Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them.”

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”

“Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.”

“It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.”

“Well begun is half done.”

“It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.”

“Liberty and equality will be best attained when all persons alike share in the government to the utmost.”