Aristotle Quotes & Aristotle Sayings

"...happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of it..." Aristotle Sayings "He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or a god." Aristotle "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle Quotes "That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it. Every one thinks chiefly of his own, hardly at all of the common interest; and only when he is himself concerned as an individual. For besides other considerations, everybody is more inclined to neglect the duty which he expects another to fulfill.” Aristotle "The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet." Aristotle Adages "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." Aristotle A common danger unites even the bitterest enemies Aristotle Remarks A democracy is a government in the hands of men of low birth, no property, and vulgar employment Aristotle A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle Adages A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one. Aristotle A likely impossibility is always preferable to an unconvincing possibility. Aristotle 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. Aristotle Adventure is worthwhile. Aristotle Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had. Aristotle Quotes All human actions have one or more of these seven causes : chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, desire. Aristotle Remarks All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire. Aristotle All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire. Aristotle All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. Aristotle All men by nature desire knowledge. Aristotle Popular Quotes All men by nature desire to know. Aristotle All men seek one goal : success or happiness. The only way to achieve true success is to express yourself completely in service to society. First, have a definite, clear, practical ideal-a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achie Aristotle Popular Quotes All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Aristotle Sayings All proofs rest on premises. Aristotle All that we do is done with an eye to something else Aristotle All virtue is summed up in dealing justly. Aristotle All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth. Aristotle Ancient laws remain in force long after the people have the power to change them. Aristotle Adages And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace. Aristotle 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 Popular Quotes 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, that is not easy. Aristotle Anyone can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person at the right time, and for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not within everyone's power and that is not easy. Aristotle Remarks Anyone can become angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way; this is not easy. Aristotle Remarks Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy. Aristotle Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies. Aristotle Adages At his best man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst Aristotle Bad men are full of repentance. Aristotle Remarks Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. Aristotle Quotations Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small a portion of time that the impression of it will be confused. Nor can any very large one, for a whole view of it cannot be had at once Aristotle Beauty is the gift of God. Aristotle Quotes Between friends there is no need of justice. Aristotle Adages Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. Aristotle Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle Sayings Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses and avoids. Aristotle Character is that which reveals moral purpose, exposing the class of things a man chooses or avoids Aristotle Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come. Aristotle Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees The Others. Aristotle Criticism is something we can avoid easily by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing Aristotle 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. Aristotle Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely. Aristotle Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. Aristotle Quotes Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them. Aristotle Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. Aristotle Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all Aristotle Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity. Aristotle Education is the best provision for old age. Aristotle Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered. Aristotle Evil brings men together. Aristotle Adages Evil draws men together. Aristotle Quotations 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. Aristotle Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. Aristotle Sayings First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end. Aristotle Popular Quotes Friends are an aid to the young, to guard them from error; to the elderly, to attend to their wants and to supplement their failing power of action; to those in the prime of life, to assist them to noble deeds. Aristotle Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle Quotations Friendship is essentially a partnership. Aristotle Great men are always of a nature originally melancholy. Aristotle Quotations Greatness does not consist in receiving honors but in deserving them. Aristotle Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient Aristotle Quotations Happiness depends upon ourselves. Aristotle Adages Happiness is an expression of the soul in considered actions. Aristotle Popular Quotes Happiness is the highest good, being a realization and perfect practice of virtue, which some can attain, while others have little or none of it Aristotle Quotes Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence Aristotle He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude Aristotle Quotes He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander. Aristotle He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. Aristotle Sayings Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle Sayings Hope is the dream of a waking man. Aristotle Adages How many a dispute could have been deflated into a single paragraph if the disputants had dared to define their terms Aristotle Quotations Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit. Aristotle Popular Quotes I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victort is the victory over self. Aristotle I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies, for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. Aristotle Remarks I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies. Aristotle Quotes I have gained this by philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. Aristotle Popular Quotes I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. Aristotle 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 the government to the utmost. Aristotle Quotations 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 If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is Nature's way. Aristotle Quotations If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out. Aristotle 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. Aristotle Adages In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle Sayings In justice is all virtues found in sum. Aristotle In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels. Aristotle Quotations 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. Aristotle Adages In practical matters the end is not mere speculative knowledge of what is to be done, but rather the doing of it. It is not enough to know about Virtue, then, but we must endeavor to possess it, and to use it, or to take any other steps that may make Aristotle Quotations In revolutions the occasions may be trifling but great interests are at stake. Aristotle Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions. Aristotle It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want. Aristotle It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully Aristotle Sayings It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. Aristotle Sayings It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time with the right object and in the right way - that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it Aristotle It is easy to fly into a passion--anybody can do that--but to be angry with the right person and at the right time and with the right object and in the right way--that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it. Aristotle It is easy to perform a good action, but not easy to acquire a settled habit of performing such actions. Aristotle Adages It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered. Aristotle 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. Aristotle Popular Quotes It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized. Aristotle It is not once nor twice but times without number that the same ideas make their appearance in the world. Aristotle It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way. Aristotle Adages It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences. Aristotle It is the characteristic of the magnanimous man to ask no favor but to be ready to do kindness to others. Aristotle It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. Aristotle Adages It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible. Aristotle It is the mark of an instructed mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision to which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness when only an approximation of the truth is possible. Aristotle It is the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it. Aristotle It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. Aristotle It was through the feeling of wonder that men now and at first began to philosophize Aristotle Popular Quotes 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 Law is mind without reason. Aristotle Law is order, and good law is good order. Aristotle Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. Aristotle Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain Aristotle Quotes Liars when they speak the truth are not believed. Aristotle Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with great misfortunes. Aristotle Quotations Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources Aristotle Popular Quotes Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. Aristotle Adages Man is by nature a political animal. Aristotle Man perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all when he lives without law, and without justice. Aristotle Sayings Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all. Aristotle Melancholy men are of all others the most witty. Aristotle Quotes Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. Aristotle Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. Aristotle Sayings Men come together in cities in order to live: they remain together in order to live the good life Aristotle Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. Aristotle Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty Aristotle Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. Aristotle Sayings Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts. Aristotle Popular Quotes Most people would rather give than get affection. Aristotle Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. Aristotle Adages Music has a power of forming the character, and should therefore be introduced into the education of the young. Aristotle My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my own sake Aristotle My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle Popular Quotes Nature does nothing uselessly. Aristotle Remarks No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness. Aristotle No great genius has ever existed without some touch of madness. Aristotle Quotes No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye Aristotle No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. Aristotle Nor was civil society founded merely to preserve the lives of its members; but that they might live well: for otherwise a state might be composed of slaves, or the animal creation... nor is it an alliance mutually to defend each other from injuries, or for a commercial intercourse. But whosoever endeavors to establish wholesome laws in a state, attends to the virtues and vices of each individual who composes it; from whence it is evident, that the first care of him who would found a city, truly deserving that name, and not nominally so, must be to have his citizens virtuous. Aristotle Adages Not to get what you have your heart set on is almost as bad as getting nothing at all Aristotle Now that practical skills have developed enough to provide adequately for material needs, one of these sciences which are not devoted to utilitarian ends [mathematics] has been able to arise in Egypt, the priestly caste there having the leisure neces Aristotle Obstinate people can be divded into the opinionated, the ignorant, and the boorish. Aristotle Adages Of all the varieties of virtues, liberalism is the most beloved. Aristotle Adages One must learn by doing the thing, for though you think you know it, you have no certainty until you try Aristotle One swallow does not make a spring, nor does one fine day Aristotle Sayings One swallow does not make a summer. Aristotle Our account does not rob mathematicians of their science, by disproving the actual existence of the infinite in the direction of increase, in the sense of the untraceable. In point of fact they do not need the infinite and do not use it. They postula Aristotle Quotations Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of introduction Aristotle Popular Quotes Philosophy is the science which considers truth Aristotle Philosophy is the science which considers truth. Aristotle Sayings Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends. Aristotle Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle Sayings Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. Aristotle Quotations Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. Aristotle Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities. Aristotle Quality is not an act, it is a habit. Aristotle Republics decline into democracies and democracies degenerate into despotisms. Aristotle Some men are just as firmly convinced of what they think as others of what they know Aristotle Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great beauty, or at any rate understandable -should persist after the beauty was gone. Aristotle Sayings Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. Aristotle Quotes Teachers who educate children deserve more honor than parents who merely gave birth; for bare life is furnished by the one, the other ensures a good life Aristotle Sayings Teaching is the highest form of understanding. Aristotle Quotes That which is common to the greatest number has the least care bestowed upon it Aristotle Sayings The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Aristotle The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. Aristotle The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. Aristotle The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men. Aristotle The arousing of prejudice, pity, anger, and similar emotions has nothing to do with the essential facts, but is merely a personal appeal to the man who is judging the case. Aristotle Sayings The basis of a democratic state is liberty. Aristotle Quotations The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper Aristotle The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle Remarks The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class Aristotle The best political community is formed by citizens of the middle class. Aristotle The body is at its best between the ages of thirty and thirty-five; the mind is at its best about the age of forty-nine. Aristotle The chief forms of beauty are order and symmetry and definiteness, which the mathematical sciences demonstrate in a special degree. Aristotle The distinction between historian and poet is not in the one writing prose and the other verse... the one describes the thing that has been, and the other a kind of thing that might be. Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are of the nature rather of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle Quotations The educated differ from the uneducated as much as the living from the dead. Aristotle The energy of the mind is the essence of life. Aristotle Quotes The excess of virtue is a vice. Aristotle Quotations The family is the association established by nature for the supply of man's everyday wants. Aristotle Popular Quotes The flute is not an instrument that has a good moral effect; it is too exciting. Aristotle Quotations The goal of war is peace, of business, leisure Aristotle Sayings The gods too are fond of a joke. Aristotle The greatest crimes are caused by surfeit, not by want. Aristotle Sayings The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. Aristotle The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement. Aristotle Quotes The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think. Aristotle The law is reason free from passion Aristotle The law is reason free from passion. Aristotle Quotes The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. Aristotle The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful. Aristotle The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. Aristotle The mother of revolution and crime is poverty Aristotle The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching. Aristotle The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. Aristotle The proof that you know something is that you are able to teach it Aristotle The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle The secret to humor is surprise. Aristotle Remarks The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows. Aristotle The so-called Pythagoreans, who were the first to take up mathematics, not only advanced this subject, but saturated with it, they fancied that the principles of mathematics were the principles of all things. Aristotle Sayings The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival. Aristotle Sayings The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom. Aristotle The whole is more than the sum of its parts. Aristotle Quotes The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worth-while to live Aristotle Popular Quotes The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. Aristotle Popular Quotes There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous Aristotle There was never a genius without a tincture of madness. Aristotle Quotes This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half. Aristotle This communicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects; for it redoubleth joys, and cutteth griefs in half. Aristotle This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own Aristotle Adages This is the reason why mothers are more devoted to their children than fathers: it is that they suffer more in giving them birth and are more certain that they are their own. Aristotle Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle Sayings Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle Remarks 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. Aristotle Quotes Those who have the command of the arms in a country are masters of the state, and have it in their power to make what revolutions they please. [Thus,] there is no end to observations on the difference between the measures likely to be pursued by a minister backed by a standing army, and those of a court awed by the fear of an armed people. Aristotle Popular Quotes Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. Aristotle Quotes Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time. Aristotle To be conscious that we are perceiving or thinking is to be conscious of out own existence. Aristotle Popular Quotes To be successful, keep looking tanned, live in an elegant building (even if you're in the cellar), be seen in smart restaurants (even if you nurse one drink) and if you borrow, borrow big. Aristotle To die will be an awfully big adventure. Aristotle To enjoy the things we ought and to hate the things we ought has the greatest bearing on excellence of character. Aristotle To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character. Aristotle Sayings To give a satisfactory decision as to the truth it is necessary to be rather an arbitrator than a party to the dispute. Aristotle Popular Quotes To learn is a natural pleasure, not confined to philosophers, but common to all men Aristotle To perceive is to suffer. Aristotle To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill. Aristotle Quotations Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . . . Now a whole is that which has a beginning, a middle, and an end. Aristotle Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones. Aristotle Adages Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones. Aristotle Sayings We are what we repeatedly do, Excellence is therefore not an act but a habit. Aristotle We are what we repeatedly do. Aristotle We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle Popular Quotes We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. Aristotle We can do noble acts without ruling the earth and sea Aristotle Sayings We cannot learn without pain Aristotle Quotations We cannot learn without pain. Aristotle We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace Aristotle We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace. Aristotle Quotes We live in deeds, not years: In thoughts not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. He most lives Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. Aristotle We make war that we may live in peace. Aristotle Adages We must as second best...take the least of the evils. Aristotle We should aim rather at leveling down our desires than leveling up our means Aristotle What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. Aristotle What lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. Aristotle Adages What soon grows old? Gratitude. Aristotle What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing Aristotle Popular Quotes What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. Aristotle Whatsoever that be within us that feels, thinks, desires, and animates, is something celestial, divine, and, consequently, imperishable. Aristotle Remarks When their adventures do not succeed, however, they run away; but it was the mark of a brave man to face things that are, and seem, terrible for a man, because it is noble to do so and disgraceful not to do so. Aristotle Sayings While those whom devotion to abstract discussions has rendered unobservant of the facts are too ready to dogmatize on the basis of a few observations. Aristotle Wicked men obey for fear, but the good for love. Aristotle Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love. Aristotle Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit. Aristotle Adages Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is slow-ripening fruit. Aristotle Remarks Wit is educated insolence. Aristotle With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it. Aristotle Remarks Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. Aristotle Wonder implies the desire to learn Aristotle You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor. Aristotle Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing. Aristotle Remarks Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope. Aristotle Youth is easily deceived, because it is quick to hope. Aristotle [Find a priest] who understands English and doesn't look like Rasputin. Aristotle Popular Quotes [If there is any blame for losing Aristotle, it belongs to Greek philosophy itself, not to the Christianity Freeman blames.] In the course of a few centuries ... simply dispersed, allowing Aristotle's works to fall into an undeserved neglect. Aristotle Quotations [The argument of Alcidamas:] Everyone honours the wise. Thus the Parians have honoured Archilochus, in spite of his bitter tongue; the Chians Homer, though he was not their countryman; the Mytilenaeans Sappho, though she was a woman; the Lacedaemonians actually made Chilon a member of their senate, though they are the least literary of men; the inhabitants of Lampsacus gave public burial to Anaxagoras, though he was an alien, and honour him even to this day. Aristotle