"Where there is peace, God is." ~George Herbert

"Carve your blessings in stone." ~Anon
"I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again." ~William Penn
"Dictum sapienti sat est - A word to a wise person is sufficient." ~Cicero Ovid Seneca

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ARISTOTLE Quotes


"A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything." ~Aristotle 

"A friend is a second self." ~Aristotle

"A poet's object is not to tell what actually happened but what could or would happen either probably or inevitably.... For this reason poetry is something more scientific and serious than history, because poetry tends to give general truths while history gives particular facts." ~Aristotle

"A tragedy is a representation of an action that is whole and complete and of
a certain magnitude.... A whole is what has a beginni ng and middle and end. " ~Aristotle

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion and desire." ~Aristotle

"Any knowledge or theory about nature must derive from observation." ~Aristotle

"Anyone can become angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is not easy." ~Aristotle (The Nicomachean Ethics)

“Anyone who has no need of anybody but himself is either a beast or a God." ~Aristotle

"Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age." ~Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)

"Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in." ~Aristotle 

"Beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction." ~Aristotle

"Change in all things is sweet." ~Aristotle

"Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids." ~Aristotle

"Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion." ~Aristotle

"Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others." ~Aristotle

“Custom is second nature. [Lat., Consuetudo est secunda natura.]” ~Aristotle on Proverbs

"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them." ~Aristotle

"Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." ~Aristotle

"Every art and every inquiry, as well as every practical pursuit, seems to aim at some good, whereby it has been well said that the good is that at which all things aim." ~Aristotle

“Excellence is never an accident.
It is the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction, skillful execution and the vision to see the obstacles as opportunities.” ~Aristotle

"Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies." ~Aristotle 

"Friendship is the art of holding up a mirror to each other’s souls." ~Aristotle 

"Good has two meanings: it means that which is good absolutely and that which is good for somebody." ~Aristotle

"Happiness is the meaning and purpose of life; the whole aim and end of existence." ~Aristotle

 "Happiness is the settling of the soul into it's  most appropriate spot." ~Aristotle

"He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander." ~Aristotle

"Hope is a waking dream." ~Aristotle, Greek Philosopher and polymath, (384 BC-322 BC)

"Hope is the dream of a waking man." ~Aristotle

"Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit." ~Aristotle

"If liberty and equality are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost." ~Aristotle

"If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature's way." ~Aristotle

"In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme." ~Aristotle

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous." ~Aristotle

"In the arena of human life the honors and rewards fall to those who show their good qualities in action." ~Aristotle

"It is better to rise from life as from a banquet - neither thirsty nor drunken." ~Aristotle


"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light." ~Aristotle

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~Aristotle

"It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it." ~Aristotle

"It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom." -Aristotle

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." ~Aristotle

"Love is composed of an single soul inhabiting two bodies." ~Aristotle

"Memory is the scribe of the soul." ~Aristotle

"Misfortune shows those who are not really friends." ~Aristotle

"Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute." ~Aristotle

"My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake." -Aristotle

"Nature does nothing uselessly." ~Aristotle

"Of all the varieties of virtue, liberality is the most beloved." ~Aristotle

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." ~Aristotle

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit." ~Aristotle

"Repentant tears wash out the stain of guilt.” ~Aristotle on Proverbs

"The energy of the mind is the essence of life." ~Aristotle

"The essence of life is to serve others and do good.” ~Aristotle

"The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances." ~Aristotle

"The greatest human virtue lay in the use of man's rational faculties." ~Aristotle

"The gods too are fond of a joke." ~Aristotle

"The more you know, the more you know you don‘t know" ~Aristotle 

"The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law" ~Aristotle

"The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." ~Aristotle

"The ultimate aim or purpose or human life is to achieve your own happiness. You are the very happiest when what you are doing on the outside is congruent with your values on the inside." ~Aristotle

"The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival." ~Aristotle

"The whole is more than the sum of its parts." ~Aristotle

"The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises to give even his life-knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth while to live." ~Aristotle

"The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal." ~Aristotle 

"There is a cropping-time in the races of men, as in the fruits of the field; and sometimes, if the shock be good, there springs up for a time a succession of splendid men; and then comes a period of barrenness." ~Aristotle

"There is no great genius without some touch of madness." ~Aristotle


"There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing and be nothing." ~Aristotle

"Time is real." ~Aristotle 

"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well." ~Aristotle

"Those who educate children well are more to be honoured than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well." ~Aristotle 

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." ~Aristotle

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit." ~Aristotle

"We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means." ~Aristotle

"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies." ~Aristotle, 384-322 BC

"Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god." ~Aristotle

"Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit." ~Aristotle

"Wit is educated insolence." ~Aristotle (384 BC-322 BC)

"Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods." ~Aristotle

"You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is not an event - it is a habit." ~Aristotle

"You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor." ~Aristotle

"Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing." ~Aristotle

BIO
Aristotle was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath. His writings cover a broad range of subjects spanning the natural sciences, philosophy, linguistics, economics, politics, psychology, and the arts.
 

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