Aristotle

Country Greece
Born Tuesday, 30 November -0001
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Quotes 148
A greek philosphers whose writting covered subjects like physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. He was student of a Plato and was teacher of Alexander.
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Well begun is half done. Uncategorized
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. Uncategorized
We praise a man who feels angry on the right grounds and against the right persons and also in the right manner at the right moment and for the right length of time. Uncategorized
It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth is possible. Uncategorized
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Uncategorized
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. Uncategorized
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. Uncategorized
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. Uncategorized
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. Uncategorized
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. Uncategorized
Friendship is essentially a partnership. Uncategorized
No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. Uncategorized
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. Uncategorized
The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. Uncategorized
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Uncategorized
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. Uncategorized
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. Uncategorized
Happiness depends upon ourselves. Uncategorized
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Uncategorized
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. Uncategorized