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Aristotle

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Selected quotes · 60
01
Hope is a waking dream.
AristotleWisdom
02
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.
AristotleCourage
03
Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
AristotleWisdom
04
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
AristotleFaith
05
Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.
AristotleJustice
06
We make war that we may live in peace.
AristotleLife
07
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
AristotleMindset
08
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
AristotleWisdom
09
He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.
AristotleLeadership
10
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.
AristotleFaith
11
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.
AristotleFreedom
12
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
AristotleWisdom
13
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
AristotleHappiness
14
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.
AristotleTime
15
The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.
AristotleJustice
16
To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.
AristotleTime
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To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.
AristotleTime
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
AristotleCourage
19
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
AristotleLife
20
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
AristotleFriendship
21
The secret to humor is surprise.
AristotleWisdom
22
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
AristotleCreativity
23
Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.
AristotleCourage
24
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.
AristotleCourage
25
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
AristotleFriendship
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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.
AristotleFriendship
27
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
AristotleAction
28
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
AristotleWisdom
29
Education is the best provision for the journey to old age.
AristotleLeadership
30
Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
AristotleWisdom
31
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.
AristotleNature
32
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
AristotleResilience
33
He who hath many friends hath none.
AristotleFriendship
34
Nature does nothing in vain.
AristotleNature
35
Change in all things is sweet.
AristotleWisdom
36
Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
AristotleWisdom
37
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
AristotleCourage
38
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
AristotleLife
39
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
AristotleFaith
40
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
AristotleWisdom
41
A friend to all is a friend to none.
AristotleFriendship
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
AristotleFriendship
43
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
AristotleHappiness
44
Friendship is essentially a partnership.
AristotleCreativity
45
To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.
AristotleFaith
46
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.
AristotleNature
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
AristotleJustice
48
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
AristotleCreativity
49
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
AristotleWisdom
50
All men by nature desire knowledge.
AristotleNature
51
There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
AristotleWisdom
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Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.
AristotleFaith
53
It is not wealth but character that lasts.
AristotleWisdom
54
We're what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
AristotleSuccess
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
AristotleCreativity
56
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy.
AristotleGrowth
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
AristotleWisdom
58
Those who wish to succeed must ask the right preliminary questions.
AristotleWisdom
59
It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.
AristotleMindset
60
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
AristotleCourage