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.'

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle
The unfortunate need people who will be kind to them; the prosperous need people to be kind to. Aristotle
The roots of education are bitter but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is the victory over self. Aristotle
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle
You can learn to be a good guy by observing and then imitating the things that good people do, and that you and everybody else recognize as examples of good behaviour. That's how you get to be one of the good guys. Aristotle
Dignity does not consist is possessing honours, but in deserving them. Aristotle
In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous. Aristotle
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. Aristotle
Wit is educated insolence. Aristotle
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love. Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle
Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach. Aristotle
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. Aristotle
Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions. Aristotle
Neither is the pleasure the good nor is all pleasure desirable; some pleasures are desirable in themselves, differing in kind or in their sources from others. Aristotle
The pleasure arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. Aristotle
The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think. Aristotle
Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence. Aristotle
To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill. Aristotle
Let rhetoric be the power to observe the persuasiveness of which any particular matter admits. Aristotle
Quitting smoking is rather a marathon than a sprint. It is not a one-time attempt, but a longer effort. Aristotle
A friend to all is a friend to none. Aristotle
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. Aristotle
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. Aristotle
He who has overcome his fears will truly be free. Aristotle
Time crumbles things everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time. Aristotle