Aristotle Quotes

He who possesses the most accurate notions about the causes of things and is able to give a perfect account of them in his teaching is wiser than all others in any other science.

Those who do good are the only ones who can aspire to happiness in life.

One loves more what has been achieved with much effort.

There is only one driving force: desire.

As the eyes of bats are dazzled by the light of day, in the same way, the intelligence of our soul is dazzled by obvious things.

The purpose of art is to give form to the secret essence of things, not to merely copy their appearance.

Our character is the result of our conduct.

The dialecticians and the sophists, in their disquisitions, clothe themselves in the appearance of philosophers.

The virtue is a voluntary acquired disposition, which consists of a middle term between two bad extremes, one by excess and the other by defect.

The wise have the same advantages over the ignorant as the living over the dead.

Great knowledge begets great doubts.

A definition is a phrase that signifies the essence of a thing.