Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece. His father, Nicomachus, died when Aristotle was a child, whereafter Proxenus of Atarneus became his guardian. At eighteen, he joined Plato's Academy in Athens and remained there until the age of thirty-seven. His writings cover many subjects – including physics, biology, zoology, metaphysics, logic, ethics, aesthetics, poetry, theater, music, rhetoric, linguistics, politics and government – and constitute the first comprehensive system...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionPhilosopher
Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society.
He who hath many friends hath none.
Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
It is possible to fail in many ways...while to succeed is possible only in one way.
He is his own best friend, and takes delight in privacy whereas the man of no virtue or ability is his own worst enemy and is afraid of solitude
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the nonperformance of base ones.
Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.
It is easy to fly into a passion - anybody can do that - but to be angry with the right person to the right extent and at the right time with the right object and in the right way - that is not easy, and it is not everyone who can do it
Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.
What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
To enjoy the things we ought, and to hate the things we ought, has the greatest bearing on excellence of character.
all he would have needed to do to verify or refute this theory was to ask a number of men and women to open their mouths so he could count their teeth.