Read books online
at our other site:
The Literature Page

Quotations by Author

Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist [more author details]

<- Previous Page

Showing quotations 21 to 40 of 70 total

Next Page ->

- Read the works of Aristotle online at The Literature Page

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.: Aristotle
- More quotations on: [Art]
The gods too are fond of a joke.: Aristotle
- More quotations on: [God]
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.: Aristotle
- More quotations on: [Food]
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.: Aristotle
- More quotations on: [Equality]
To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute.: Aristotle
To perceive is to suffer.: Aristotle
- More quotations on: [Suffering]
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.: Aristotle
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.: Aristotle, 'Nicomachean Ethics'
- More quotations on: [Age] [Youth]
It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.: Aristotle, 'Nicomachean Ethics,' 325 B.C.
Evil brings men together.: Aristotle, (attributed)
- More quotations on: [Evil]
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.: Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics
- More quotations on: [Friendship]
Wretched, ephemeral race, children of chance and tribulation, why do you force me to tell you the very thing which it would be most profitable for you not to hear? The very best thing is utterly beyond your reach: not to have been born, not to be, to be nothing. However, the second best thing for you is: to die soon.: Aristotle, Eudemos
Education is the best provision for old age.: Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- More quotations on: [Education]
Hope is a waking dream.: Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- More quotations on: [Dreams] [Hope]
I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.: Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- More quotations on: [Laws]
Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.: Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
- More quotations on: [Lies]
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.: Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.: Aristotle, In Stobaeus, Florilegium
- More quotations on: [Desire]
All men by nature desire knowledge.: Aristotle, Metaphysics
- More quotations on: [Knowledge]
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them.: Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics

<- Previous Page

Showing quotations 21 to 40 of 70 total

Next Page ->

Previous Author: Aristophanes	Next Author: Heather Armstrong
Return to Author List

Browse our complete list of 3444 authors by last name:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z