Aristotle
Biography
Greek philosopher, a student of [Plato][1] and teacher of Alexander the Great [1]:/a/OL12823A
Quotes from Aristotle
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."
401
"Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy."
572
"To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do."
573
"We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace."
574
"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances."
575
"Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love."
576
"Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal."
577
"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."
578
"Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach."
579
"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom."
580
"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor."
581
"We make war that we may live in peace."
582
"Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."
583
"All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established."
584
"Happiness depends upon ourselves."
585
"Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something."
586
"It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it."
587
"Where your talents and the needs of the world cross, there lies your vocation."
588
"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work."
589
"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal."
590
"Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of time and is forgotten through the lapse of time."
591
"He who has overcome his fears will truly be free."
592
"Learning is not child’s play; we cannot learn without pain."
593
"A friend to all is a friend to none."
594
"The whole is more than the sum of its parts."
595
"A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility."
596
"The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."
597
"Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet."
598
"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others."
599
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
600
"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit."
601
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
602
"Hope is a waking dream."
759