Aristotle Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Aristotle quotes, Aristotle sayings, and Aristotle proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. Aristotle
For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. Aristotle
A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but habit. Aristotle
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way… you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions. Aristotle
Hope is a waking dream. Aristotle
Anybody can become angry – that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way – that is not within everybody’s power and is not easy. Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. Aristotle
The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. Aristotle
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us. Aristotle
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit. Aristotle
Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all the goods. Aristotle
The heart is the perfection of the whole organism. Therefore the principles of the power of perception and the soul’s ability to nourish itself must lie in the heart. Aristotle
To appreciate the beauty of a snowflake it is necessary to stand out in the cold. Aristotle
Nature makes nothing incomplete, and nothing in vain. Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
There is no great genius without a mixture of madness. Aristotle
Evils draw men together. Aristotle
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action. Aristotle
The outward sign of the female inferiority is menstruation. The female is deficient. Women are the inferior species...because they menstruate. Aristotle
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime. Aristotle
Some are jealous and fond of ornament, as the peacock. Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle
A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle
Money is a guarantee that we may have what we want in the future. Though we need nothing at the moment it insures the possibility of satisfying a new desire when it arises. Aristotle
The weak are always anxious for justice and equality. The strong pay no heed to either. Aristotle
Men come together in cities for security; they stay together for the good life. Aristotle
A city is a collective body of persons sufficient in themselves for all the purposes of life. Aristotle
A city, too, like an individual, has a work to do; and that city which is best adapted to the fulfillment of its work is to be deemed greatest. Aristotle
Change in all things is sweet. Aristotle