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Aristotle

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Aristotle (384–322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and polymath whose writings covered an enormous range of subjects including physics, biology, logic, ethics, and politics. A student of Plato, he went on to tutor Alexander the Great. His ideas on logic and scientific method laid the groundwork for much of Western intellectual tradition.

“A friend to all is a friend to none.”

— Aristotle

Friendship

All Quotes by Aristotle

“Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.”

— Aristotle

Men

“If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.”

— Aristotle

Best

“Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.”

— Aristotle

Good

“Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.”

— Aristotle

Hope

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

— Aristotle

Best

“My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.”

— Aristotle

Best

“Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.”

— Aristotle

God

“A friend to all is a friend to none.”

— Aristotle

Friendship

“Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.”

— Aristotle

Age

“Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.”

— Aristotle

Truth

“We make war that we may live in peace.”

— Aristotle

Peace

“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.”

— Aristotle

Men

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”

— Aristotle

Friendship

“The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.”

— Aristotle

Best

“For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.”

— Aristotle

Love

“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 everybody's power and is not easy.”

— Aristotle

Anger

“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”

— Aristotle

History

“What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do.”

— Aristotle

Power

“Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others.”

— Aristotle

Courage

“Hope is the dream of a waking man.”

— Aristotle

Hope