Aristotle384–322 BCThe quotations of
Aristotle
4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
384–322 BC
65 quotes, most often on Friendship, Education and Morality. Part of the Philosophers collection.
- Politics, Book I, 1253a.8
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
On the Heavens, I.5. 271b8-10No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness.
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
Politics, Book V, 1311a.11Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
