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Inspirational, Relationship, Failure. 601 Copy quote. A fool contributes nothing worth hearing and takes offense at everything. Aristotle. Hearing, Fool, Nonsense. 109 Copy quote. Friends enhance our ability to think and act. Aristotle. Thinking, Ability.
Aristotle (2013). “The Essential Aristotle”, p.389, Simon and Schuster. 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. Witty, Equality, Men.
The female is a female by virtue of a certain lack of qualities - a natural defectiveness. Aristotle. Wife, Quality, Female. Virtue is the golden mean between two vices, the one of excess and the other of deficiency. Aristotle. Mean, Two, Vices. Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.
Aristotle. Being Strong, Justice, Pay. It is in justice that the ordering of society is centered. Aristotle. Justice, Self Centered. 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. Honesty, Men, Excellence. 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. Courage, Peace, Bravery. "Nichomachean Ethics". Book by Aristotle, Book II, c. 325 BC.
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law. Aristotle. Witty, Equality, Men. Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. Aristotle. Integrity, Destiny, Men. Socrates, Plato, Aristotle (1967). “Wit and Wisdom of Socrates, Plato, Aristotle: Being a Treasury of Thousands of Glorious ...
Aristotle. Hero, Tragedy, Excess. A tragedy is that moment where the hero comes face to face with his true identity. Aristotle. Hero, True Identity, Tragedy. The best tragedies are conflicts between a hero and his destiny. Aristotle. Hero, Destiny, Tragedy. Tragedy is an imitation not of men but of a life, an action.
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. Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring.
375 Copy quote. At the intersection where your gifts, talents, and abilities meet a human need; therein you will discover your purpose. Aristotle. Over You, Needs, Purpose. 130 Copy quote. Humility is a flower which does not grow in everyone's garden. Aristotle. Flower, Humility, Humble. 34 Copy quote.
Aristotle. Philosophical, Class, Perfect. 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. Philosophical, Liberty, Society. Politics bk. 1, 1253a. Virtue means doing the right thing, in relation to the right person, at the right time, to the right extent ...
