The most famous Aristotle quotes have been passed down from ancient times and are still relevant today. Aristotle was one in a line of genius philosophers and his most famous quotes show his wisdom. Here are, in my opinion, the most famous Aristotle quotes.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER ONE
A friend to all is a friend to none.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TWO
A sense is what has the power of receiving into itself the sensible forms of things without the matter, in the way in which a piece of wax takes on the impress of a signet-ring without the iron or gold .
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER THREE
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER FOUR
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER FIVE
All men by nature desire knowledge
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER SIX
Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within every body’s power and is not easy
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER SEVEN
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER EIGHT
Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER NINE
Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others .
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TEN
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects; because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal .
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER ELEVEN
Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TWELVE
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER THIRTEEN
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER FOURTEEN
He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled .
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER FIFTEEN
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully .
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER SIXTEEN
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER SEVENTEEN
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.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER EIGHTEEN
In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER NINETEEN
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TWENTY
It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TWENTY ONE
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TWENTY TWO
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TWENTY THREE
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TWENTY FOUR
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance
MOST FAMOUS ARISTOTLE QUOTES NUMBER TWENTY FIVE
The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead .
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