Aristotle
Man is by nature a political animal.Collection: Politics
Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.Collection: Truth
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.Collection: Nature
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.Collection: Art
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.Collection: Politics
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.Collection: Business
For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.Collection: Nature
The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal.Collection: Equality
The energy of the mind is the essence of life.Collection: Life
I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law.Collection: Fear
Hope is a waking dream.Collection: Hope
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.Collection: Education
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.Collection: Men
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.Collection: Best
A friend to all is a friend to none.Collection: Friendship
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.Collection: Power
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.Collection: Wisdom
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.Collection: Best
Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.Collection: Mom
He who hath many friends hath none.Collection: Friendship
The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.Collection: Life
Nature does nothing in vain.Collection: Nature
If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way.Collection: Nature
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.Collection: Nature
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.Collection: Best
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.Collection: Politics
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.Collection: Art
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.Collection: Great
The true and the approximately true are apprehended by the same faculty; it may also be noted that men have a sufficient natural instinct for what is true, and usually do arrive at the truth. Hence the man who makes a good guess at truth is likely to make a good guess at probabilities.Collection: Truth
You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.Collection: Courage
Change in all things is sweet.Collection: Change
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.Collection: Education
Persuasion is achieved by the speaker's personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.Collection: Men
Wit is educated insolence.Collection: Intelligence
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.Collection: Truth
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim.Collection: Art
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.Collection: Fear
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.Collection: Love
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.Collection: Age
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.Collection: Fear
A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.Collection: Great
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.Collection: Men
Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.Collection: Believe
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.Collection: Motivational
The more you know, the more you know you don't know.Collection: Logical
The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.Collection: Journey
Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.Collection: Inspirational
Life is only meaningful when we are striving for a goal .Collection: Meaningful
It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil.Collection: Character