Aristotle quotes - page 16

The continuum is that which is divisible into indivisible that are infinitely divisible Physics. (Aristotle)
Quite often good things have hurtful consequences. There are instances of men who have been ruined by their money or killed by their courage. View quote
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If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting. View quote
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Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions. View quote
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For this reason poetry is something more philosophical and more worthy of serious attention than history. View quote
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Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members but that they might live well for otherwise a state might be composed of slaves, or the animal creation... nor is it an alliance mutually to defend each other from injuries, or for a commercial intercourse. But whosoever endeavors to establish wholesome laws in a state, attends to the virtues and vices of each individual who composes it from whence it is evident, that the first care of him who would found a city, truly deserving that name, and not nominally so, must be to have his citizens virtuous. View quote
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That in the soul which is called the mind is, before it thinks, not actually any real thing. View quote
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Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity. View quote
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There is a foolish corner even in the brain of the sage. View quote
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In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not enough to know about Virtue, then, but we must endeavor to possess it, and to use it, or to take any other steps that may make. View quote
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The vigorous are no better than the lazy during one half of life, for all men are alike when asleep. (Aristotle)
When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and seem, terrible for a man, because it is noble to do so and disgraceful not to do so. View quote
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Patience is so like fortitude, that she seems either her sister or her daughter. View quote
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The avarice of mankind is insatiable. View quote
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It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way. View quote
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Men come together in cities in order to live they remain together in order to live the good life. View quote
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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. View quote
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Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. View quote
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With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it. View quote
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A state is not a mere society, having a common place, established for the prevention of mutual crime and for the sake of exchange...Political society exists for the sake of noble actions, and not of mere companionship. View quote
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Wise men speak when they have something to say, fools speak because they have to say something. (Aristotle)
To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd. View quote
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If, then, God is always in that good state in which we sometimes are, this compels our wonder; and if in a better this compels it yet more. And God is in a better state. And life also belongs to God; for the actuality of thought is life, and God is that actuality; and God's self-dependent actuality is life most good and eternal. View quote
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It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light. View quote
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Any one can get angry - that is easy - or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for every one, nor is it easy. View quote
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