With regard to excellence, it is not enough to know, but we must try to have and use it. Aristotle More Quotes by Aristotle More Quotes From Aristotle Persuasion is effected through the medium of the hearers, when they shall have been brought to a state of excitement under the influence of speech; for we do not, when influenced by pain or joy, or partiality or dislike, award our decisions in the same way; about which means of persuasion alone, I declare that the system-mongers of the present day busy themselves. Aristotle awardspainmean In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead. Aristotle runnersracefirsts We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him. Aristotle personslongpeople The greatest thing by far is to have a command of metaphor. This alone cannot be imparted by another; it is the mark of genius, for to make good metaphors implies an eye for resemblances. Aristotle geniuseyewriting Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete. Aristotle talentdoeorder It is also in the interests of a tyrant to make his subjects poo...the people are so occupied with their daily tasks that they have no time for plotting. Aristotle daily-taskstyrantspeople If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. Aristotle natureinspirationallife These two rational faculties may be designated the Scientific Faculty and the Calculative Faculty respectively; since calculation is the same as deliberation, and deliberation is never exercised about things that are invariable, so that the Calculative Faculty is a separate part of the rational half of the soul. Aristotle halfsoultwo Fortune favours the bold. Aristotle favourluckleadership Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. Aristotle politicspoliticallife Business or toil is merely utilitarian. It is necessary but does not enrich or ennoble a human life. Aristotle toilbusinessdoe Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure. Aristotle expenditureswealthmen There is nothing grand or noble in having the use of a slave, in so far as he is a slave; or in issuing commands about necessary things. But it is an error to suppose that every sort of rule is despotic like that of a master over slaves, for there is as great a difference between the rule over freemen and the rule over slaves as there is between slavery by nature and freedom by nature . . Aristotle errorsdifferencesgovernment Meanness is incurable; it cannot be cured by old age, or by anything else. Aristotle meannessangerage When couples have children in excess, let abortion be procured before sense and life have begun; what may or may not be lawfully done in these cases depends on the question of life and sensation. Aristotle couplelawchildren Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Aristotle philosophicallettersbeauty Such an event is probable in Agathon's sense of the word: 'it is probable,' he says, 'that many things should happen contrary to probability.' Aristotle statisticseventsshould 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 principlesmathfirsts Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all things must contribute. Aristotle inspirationalmeanart But nature flies from the infinite; for the infinite is imperfect, and nature always seeks an end. Aristotle imperfectnaturescience
