You can never learn anything that you did not already know Aristotle More Quotes by Aristotle More Quotes From Aristotle Friends are much better tried in bad fortune than in good. Aristotle friendsgood-friendfortune It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit Aristotle argumentimpossiblelong He who sees things grow from the beginning will have the best view of them. Aristotle natureviewsscience We must no more ask whether the soul and body are one than ask whether the wax and the figure impressed on it are one. Aristotle philosophicalfiguressoul-and-body 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 inspiringmotivationalinspirational 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 uprisingphilosophicalmen Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Aristotle leadershipeducationteacher Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain. Aristotle learningpainchildren Goodness is to do good to the deserving and love the good and hate the wicked, and not to be eager to inflict punishment or take vengeance, but to be gracious and kindly and forgiving. Aristotle punishmentforgivenesshate My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle fake-friendsbest-friendfriendship Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. Aristotle gratitudebeautifulbeauty The life of children, as much as that of intemperate men, is wholly governed by their desires. Aristotle desiremenchildren Men are divided between those who are as thrifty as if they would live forever, and those who are as extravagant as if they were going to die the next day. Aristotle next-dayforevermen All Earthquakes and Disasters are warnings; there’s too much corruption in the world Aristotle warningearthquakesworld Good moral character is not something that we can achieve on our own. We need a culture that supports the conditions under which self-love and friendship flourish. Aristotle supportselfcharacter Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely. Aristotle equalityfreedommen Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute. Aristotle humblefeelingsfall Where your talents and the needs of the world cross; there lies your vocation. Aristotle businessworkinspirational For suppose that every tool we had could perform its task, either at our bidding or itself perceiving the need, and if-like the statues made by Dædalus or the tripods of Hephæstus, of which the poet says that "self-moved they enter the assembly of the gods" - shuttles in a loom could fly to and fro and a plectrum play a lyre all self-moved, then master-craftsmen would have no need of servants nor masters of slaves. Aristotle biddingselfplay We become just by the practice of just actions, self-controlled by exercising self-control, and courageous by performing acts of courage. Aristotle ambitionselfexercise
