10 Great Aristotle Quotes Part 4

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He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.

Wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.

Nobody will be afraid who believes nothing can happen to him.

How can a man know what is good or best for him, and yet chronically fail to act upon his knowledge?

It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it.

To perceive is to suffer.

To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.

All men by nature desire to know.

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10 Great Aristotle Quotes - Part 3

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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.

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

It is likely that unlikely things should happen.

Even when laws have been written down, they ought not always to remain unaltered.

Nature does nothing in vain.  Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.

Reason is a light that God has kindled in the soul.

Poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.

We must be neither cowardly nor rash but courageous.

First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective.  Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods.  Third, adjust all your means to that end.

There is only one way to avoid criticism:  do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.


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