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Aristotle Quotes: "To know what virtue is is not enough; we must endeavor to possess and to practice it, or in some other manner actually ourselves to become good."

To know what virtue is is not enough; we must endeavor to possess and to practice it, or in some other manner actually ourselves to become good.



Aristotle Quotes: "The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later."

The least deviation from truth will be multiplied later.




Aristotle Quotes: "A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government."

A government which is composed of the middle class more nearly approximates to democracy than to oligarchy, and is the safest of the imperfect forms of government.



Aristotle Quotes: "It seems that ambition makes most people wish to be loved rather than to love others."

It seems that ambition makes most people wish to be loved rather than to love others.




Aristotle Quotes: "Time past, even God is deprived of the power of recalling."

Time past, even God is deprived of the power of recalling.



Aristotle Quotes: "A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate."

A good style must, first of all, be clear. It must not be mean or above the dignity of the subject. It must be appropriate.



Aristotle Quotes: "Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'"

Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.'




Aristotle Quotes: "There must be in prudence also some master virtue."

There must be in prudence also some master virtue.



Aristotle Quotes: "Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean."

Temperance and bravery, then, are ruined by excess and deficiency, but preserved by the mean.



Aristotle Quotes: "In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake."

In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interest are at stake.



Aristotle Quotes: "Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech."

Nature, as we say, does nothing without some purpose; and for thepurpose of making mana political animal she has endowed him alone among the animals with the power of reasoned speech.



Aristotle Quotes: "There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the wealthy? Or the good? Or the one best man? Or a tyrant?"

There is also a doubt as to what is to be the supreme power in the state: - Is it the multitude? Or the wealthy? Or the good? Or the one best man? Or a tyrant?




Aristotle Quotes: "As often as we do good, we offer sacrifices to God."

As often as we do good, we offer sacrifices to God.



Aristotle Quotes: "Hippodamus, son of Euryphon, a native of Miletus, invented the art of planning and laid out the street plan of Piraeus."

Hippodamus, son of Euryphon, a native of Miletus, invented the art of planning and laid out the street plan of Piraeus.



Aristotle Quotes: "It will contribute towards one's object, who wishes to acquire a facility in the gaining of knowledge, to doubt judiciously."

It will contribute towards one's object, who wishes to acquire a facility in the gaining of knowledge, to doubt judiciously.



Aristotle Quotes: "That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body."

That judges of important causes should hold office for life is a questionable thing, for the mind grows old as well as the body.



Aristotle Quotes: "There is no such thing as committing adultery with the right woman, at the right time, and in the right way, for it is simply WRONG."

There is no such thing as committing adultery with the right woman, at the right time, and in the right way, for it is simply WRONG.



Aristotle Quotes: "If you prove the cause, you at once prove the effect; and conversely nothing can exist without its cause."

If you prove the cause, you at once prove the effect; and conversely nothing can exist without its cause.



Aristotle Quotes: "Education begins at the level of the learner."

Education begins at the level of the learner.



Aristotle Quotes: "Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man."

Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.



Aristotle Quotes: "It is our actions and the soul's active exercise of its functions that we posit (as being Happiness)."

It is our actions and the soul's active exercise of its functions that we posit (as being Happiness).



Aristotle Quotes: "Dissimilarity of habit tends more than anything to destroy affection."

Dissimilarity of habit tends more than anything to destroy affection.



Aristotle Quotes: "...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest."

...The entire preoccupation of the physicist is with things that contain within themselves a principle of movement and rest.



Aristotle Quotes: "People generally despise where they flatter."

People generally despise where they flatter.



Aristotle Quotes: "For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize... They were pursuing science in order to know, and not for any utilitarian end."

For it is owing to their wonder that men both now begin and at first began to philosophize... They were pursuing science in order to know, and not for any utilitarian end.



Aristotle Quotes: "Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old."

Shame is an ornament to the young; a disgrace to the old.



Aristotle Quotes: "This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time. Seneca Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."

This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time. Seneca Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.



Aristotle Quotes: "All teaching and all intellectual learning come about from already existing knowledge."

All teaching and all intellectual learning come about from already existing knowledge.



Aristotle Quotes: "A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments."

A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employments.



Aristotle Quotes: "He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved."

He who confers a benefit on anyone loves him better than he is beloved.



Aristotle Quotes: "We are what we repeatedly do."

We are what we repeatedly do.



Aristotle Quotes: "That rule is the better which is exercised over better subjects."

That rule is the better which is exercised over better subjects.



Aristotle Quotes: "Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs."

Hippocrates is an excellent geometer but a complete fool in everyday affairs.



Aristotle Quotes: "Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert."

Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.



Aristotle Quotes: "...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily."

...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.



Aristotle Quotes: "Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes."

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes.



Aristotle Quotes: "for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use"

for we are inquiring not in order to know what virtue is, but in order to become good, since otherwise our inquiry would have been of no use



Aristotle Quotes: "All food must be capable of being digested, and that what produces digestion is warmth; that is why everything that has soul in it possesses warmth."

All food must be capable of being digested, and that what produces digestion is warmth; that is why everything that has soul in it possesses warmth.



Aristotle Quotes: "Human beings are curious by nature."

Human beings are curious by nature.



Aristotle Quotes: "We, on the other hand, must take for granted that the things that exist by nature are, either all or some of them, in motion."

We, on the other hand, must take for granted that the things that exist by nature are, either all or some of them, in motion.



Aristotle Quotes: "Metaphysics involves intuitive knowledge of unprovable starting-points concepts and truth and demonstrative knowledge of what follows from them."

Metaphysics involves intuitive knowledge of unprovable starting-points concepts and truth and demonstrative knowledge of what follows from them.



Aristotle Quotes: "Two characteristic marks have above all others been recognized as distinguishing that which has soul in it from that which has not - movement and sensation."

Two characteristic marks have above all others been recognized as distinguishing that which has soul in it from that which has not - movement and sensation.



Aristotle Quotes: "...in this way the structure of the universe- I mean, of the heavens and the earth and the whole world- was arranged by one harmony through the blending of the most opposite principles."

...in this way the structure of the universe- I mean, of the heavens and the earth and the whole world- was arranged by one harmony through the blending of the most opposite principles.



Aristotle Quotes: "It is of itself that the divine thought thinks (since it is the most excellent of things), and its thinking is a thinking on thinking."

It is of itself that the divine thought thinks (since it is the most excellent of things), and its thinking is a thinking on thinking.



Aristotle Quotes: "Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them."

Neither old people nor sour people seem to make friends easily; for there is little that is pleasant in them.



Aristotle Quotes: "In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing."

In the works of Nature, purpose, not accident, is the main thing.



Aristotle Quotes: "This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended."

This much then, is clear: in all our conduct it is the mean that is to be commended.



Aristotle Quotes: "No one praises happiness as one praises justice, but we call it a 'blessing,' deeming it something higher and more divine than things we praise."

No one praises happiness as one praises justice, but we call it a 'blessing,' deeming it something higher and more divine than things we praise.



Aristotle Quotes: "We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue."

We have next to consider the formal definition of virtue.