Quotes by Aristotle

Aristotle

Greek philosopher

Alive from: 384 BC - 322 BC

Category: Philosophers

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  Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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  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.

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  A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

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  Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

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  Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal.

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  Friendship is essentially a partnership.

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  A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

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  Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy.

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  All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

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  At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.

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  Education is the best provision for old age.

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  First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.

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

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  All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

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  Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit.