Quotes by Aristotle

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.

Rhetoric may be defined as the faculty of observing in any given case the available means of persuasion. This is not a function of any other art.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

He who hath many friends hath none.

Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own.

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.

The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.