Aristotle Quotes

Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
- Aristotle

It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
- Aristotle

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
- Aristotle

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.
- Aristotle

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
- Aristotle

In nine cases out of ten, a woman had better show more affection than she feels.
- Aristotle

In making a speech one must study three points: first, the means of producing persuasion; second, the language; third the proper arrangement of the various parts of the speech.
- Aristotle

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.
- Aristotle

Bad men are full of repentance.
- Aristotle

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
- Aristotle