Tag: Aristotle
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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
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We are not angry with people we fear or respect, as long as we fear or respect them; you cannot be afraid of a person and also at the same time angry with him.
Aristotle
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The energy of the mind is the essence of life.
Aristotle
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Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
Aristotle
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Man is the only animal capable of reasoning, though many others possess the faculty of memory and instruction in common with him.
Aristotle
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To attain any assured knowledge about the soul is one of the most difficult things in the world.
Aristotle
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Some animals utter a loud cry. Some are silent, and others have a voice, which in some cases may be expressed by a word; in others, it cannot. There are also noisy animals and silent animals, musical and unmusical kinds, but they are mostly noisy about the breeding season.
Aristotle
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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
Aristotle
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Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.
Aristotle
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Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life.
Aristotle