Aristotle
372 quotes
Biography
Aristotle was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings span the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts.
"Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope."
"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
"Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art."
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
"Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves."
"The secret to humor is surprise."
"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all."
"Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies."
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
"Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny."
"To perceive is to suffer."
"The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living differ from the dead."
"He who hath many friends hath none."
"The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."
"I have gained this by philosophy … I do without being ordered what some are constrained to do by their fear of the law."
"One swallow does not make a summer,neither does one fine day; similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy."
"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."
"Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully."
"For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them."
"I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies."
"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake."
"Happiness is a state of activity."
"Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age."
"A friend to all is a friend to none."