Quotes by Aristotle

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Well begun is half done.

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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.

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

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

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My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.

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The eyes of some persons are large, others small, and others of a moderate size; the last-mentioned are the best. And some eyes are projecting, some deep-set, and some moderate, and those which are deep-set have the most acute vision in all animals; ...

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

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Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

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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.

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

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It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.

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Courage quotes by Aristotle, UberQuotes

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

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Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

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

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Change in all things is sweet.

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But if nothing but soul, or in soul mind, is qualified to count, it is impossible for there to be time unless there is soul, but only that of which time is an attribute, i.e. if change can exist without soul.

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Hope is a waking dream.

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Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.

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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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The secret to humor is surprise.

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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