Aristotle Quotes

The city (polis) is one of the things that exist by nature; and man is, by nature, a political animal.

And it is that nature does nothing in vain, and among the animals, man is the only one who possesses the word.

Every forced act becomes unpleasant.

Speeches inspire less confidence than actions.

The mind is always right, while the appetite and imagination can be wrong.

Movement does not exist outside of things, since everything that changes, changes either in the order of substance or in quantity, or in quality, or in place.

The command of many is not good; one chief is enough.

As the sight is to the body, reason is to the spirit.

Committing an injustice is worse than suffering it.

Virtue shines in misfortunes.

There is nothing in the mind that has not been previously in the senses.

Plato is my friend, but the truth is dearer to me.