Aristotle. Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Aristotle.
Aristotle. Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Personal beauty requires that one should be tall; little people may have charm and elegance, but beauty-no.
Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure.
The shape of the heaven is of necessity spherical; for that is the shape most appropriate to its substance and also by nature primary.
Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning.
Courage is the mother of all virtues because without it, you cannot consistently perform the others.
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.
The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
Excellence or virtue in a man will be the disposition which renders him a good man and also which will cause him to perform his function well.
There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle.
Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue ..
Actions which produce [virtue] are those which increase it, and also, if differently performed, destroy it.
Whenever a reasonable explanation comes to sight as to why a thing appears to be but is not true, this makes for greater trust in the truth.
The greater the length, the more beautiful will the piece be by reason of its size, provided that the whole be perspicuous. (VII)
For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the greater.
The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order symmetry and limitations; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.
Legislative enactments proceed from men carrying their views a long time back; while judicial decisions are made off hand.
Our account does not rob the mathematicians of their science ... In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it.