Aristotle

Find the best quotes, maxims and aphorisms of Aristotle

Biography : Greek philosopher.
Born: -384 - Died: -322
Period:
4th century BC
Place of birth: Greece
Greece

Greece

Aristotle - Quotes

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
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truth

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
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life

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.
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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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art

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

Education is the best provision for old age.
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It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.
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The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
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Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
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youth

Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
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Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
A phrase often attributed to Aristotle - Quotation of uncertain origin /

Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
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youth

Whether if soul did not exist time would exist or not, is a question that may fairly be asked for if there cannot be someone to count there cannot be anything that can be counted, so that evidently there cannot be number for number is either what has been, or what can be, counted.
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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.
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What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.
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Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.
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truth

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
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life

Change in all things is sweet.
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Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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Friendship is essentially a partnership.
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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.
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life

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.
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time

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.
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Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
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The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life.
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life

Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last.
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life

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.
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What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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soul