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

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Aristotle - Quotes

The secret to humor is surprise.
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Quality is not an act, it is a habit.
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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.
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Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.
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Democracy

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.
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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.
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Bad men are full of repentance.
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The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
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The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
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wisdom

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
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happiness

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 government to the utmost.
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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.
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
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truth

Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
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