The same ideas, one must believe, recur in men's minds not once or twice but again and again. Aristotle More Quotes by Aristotle More Quotes From Aristotle If something's bound to happen, it will Aristotle right-timepersonsreason It belongs to small-mindedness to be unable to bear either honor or dishonor, either good fortune or bad, but to be filled with conceit when honored and puffed up by trifling good fortune, and to be unable to bear even the smallest dishonor and to deem any chance failure a great misfortune, and to be distressed and annonyed at everything. Moreover the small-minded man is the sort of person to call all slights an insult and dishonor, even those that are due to ignorance or forgetfulness. Small-mindedness is accompanied by pettiness, querulousness, pessimism and self-abasement. Aristotle ignoranceselfmen Suppose, then, that all men were sick or deranged, save one or two of them who were healthy and of right mind. It would then be the latter two who would be thought to be sick and deranged and the former not! Aristotle sickmentwo We are what we do. Aristotle perseverancemotivationalpositive Tyrants preserve themselves by sowing fear and mistrust among the citizens by means of spies, by distracting them with foreign wars, by eliminating men of spirit who might lead a revolution, by humbling the people, and making them incapable of decisive action. Aristotle menwarmean All friendly feelings toward others come from the friendly feelings a person has for himself. Aristotle upliftingfeelingsfriendship We can't learn without pain. Aristotle without-painpain What is the essence of life? To serve others and to do good. Aristotle essencehelping-otherslife A gentleman is not disturbed by anything Aristotle disturbedgentleman The senses are gateways to the intelligence. There is nothing in the intelligence which did not first pass through the senses. Aristotle gatewayssensesfirsts Nature of man is not what he was born as, but what he is born for. Aristotle nature-of-manbornmen Wit is well-bred insolence. Aristotle insolencewitwells Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle philosophicalfreedommen Money was intended to be used in exchange, but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money from money, is applied to the breeding of money because the offspring resembles the parent. Wherefore of all modes of getting wealth this is the most unnatural. Aristotle usuryparentmean Health is a matter of choice, not a mystery of chance Aristotle chancechoicesmatter Of the tyrant, spies and informers are the principal instruments. War is his favorite occupation, for the sake of engrossing the attention of the people, and making himself necessary to them as their leader. Aristotle tyrantswarpeople Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human. Society is something that precedes the individual. Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, and therefore does not partake of society, is either a beast or a god. Aristotle selfanimalmen The hardest victory is the victory over self. Aristotle selfmotivationalsports It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom. Aristotle healthmorningmotivational The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. Aristotle equalitywittymen
