Aristotle Quotes

If citizens practiced friendship among themselves, they would not need justice.

Tyrants surround themselves with wicked men because they like to be flattered, and no man of elevated spirit will flatter them.

By building well, one becomes a good architect.

The only stable state is the one in which all citizens are equal before the law.

Fear is a suffering that produces the anticipation of harm.

Man can learn nothing except in virtue of what he already knows.

Oral teachings should accommodate the habits of the listeners.

There is the same difference between a wise man and an ignorant one as between a living man and a corpse.

It is characteristic of the philosopher to be able to speculate about all things.

Understanding is a blank slate on which nothing is written.

We learn, either by induction or by demonstration. Demonstration starts from the universal; induction from the particular.

Teaching is not a vital function, because it does not have an end in itself; the vital function is learning.