Aristotle quotes - page 4

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. (Aristotle)
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. View quote
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Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. View quote
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Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. View quote
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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. View quote
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They should rule who are able to rule best. View quote
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Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. View quote
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Friendship is essentially a partnership. View quote
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In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. View quote
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Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had. View quote
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The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. (Aristotle)
The basis of a democratic state is liberty. View quote
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The secret to humor is surprise. View quote
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Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions. View quote
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Hope is the dream of a waking man. View quote
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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. View quote
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We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends to behave to us. View quote
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Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. View quote
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It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. View quote
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But Nature flies from the infinite, for the infinite is unending or imperfect, and Nature ever seeks an end. View quote
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The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think. (Aristotle)
Knowledge of the fact differs from knowledge of the reason for the fact. View quote
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Our characters are the result of our conduct. View quote
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The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men. View quote
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The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. View quote
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