Quotes by Aristotle

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For he who lives as passion directs will not hear argument that dissuades him, nor understand it if he does; and how can we persuade one in such a state to change his ways?

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With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

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Philosophy can make people sick.

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To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously.

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The pleasures arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. 1153a 23

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The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.

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Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.

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It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.

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All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire.

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Here is a man whose life and actions the world has already condemned - yet whose enormous fortune...has already brought him acquittal!

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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.

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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.

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That which is in locomotion must arrive at the half-way stage before it arrives at the goal.

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Yes the truth is that men's ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.

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I don't think I could ever live with either a man or a woman for a long time. Male and female are attractive to my mind, but when it comes to the sexual act I am afraid. In every situation I need a lot of stimulation before I am conquered by the forc...

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The many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than a little.

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When states are democratically governed according to law, there are no demagogues, and the best citizens are securely in the saddle; but where the laws are not sovereign, there you find demagogues. The people become a monarch... such people, in its r...

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It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.

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To seek for utility everywhere is entirely unsuited to men that are great-souled and free.

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And it will often happen that a man with wealth in the form of coined money will not have enough to eat; and what a ridiculous kind of wealth is that which even in abundance will not save you from dying with hunger!

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When a clandestine couple kisses, it is much more likely that sex will immediately follow. This is because there is much more risk. Once you have kissed secretly, it is very difficult not to have sex. It would be impolite not to have sex. You have to...

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Author Bio

  • NameAristotle
  • DescriptionClassical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
  • AliasesAristoteles
  • Born384 BCE
  • Died322 BCE
  • CountryClassical Athens
  • ProfessionMetaphysician; Biologist; Cosmologist; Logician; Zoologist; Literary Critic; Mathematician; Ethicist; Epistemologist; Political Philosopher; Polymath; Philosopher Of Language