Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
ARISTOTLEAll men by nature desire knowledge.
More Aristotle Quotes
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The secret to humor is surprise.
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To lead an orchestra, you must turn your back on the crowd.
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Man is a goal-seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
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Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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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.
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If things do not turn out as we wish, we should wish for them as they turn out.
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The gods too are fond of a joke.
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Time crumbles things; everything grows old under the power of Time and is forgotten through the lapse of Time.
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Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.
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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.
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Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
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We make war that we may live in peace.
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There is only one way to avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
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To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
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Man is by nature a social animal; an individual who is unsocial naturally and not accidentally is either beneath our notice or more than human.
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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.
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Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.
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No great mind has ever existed without a touch of madness.
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.
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It is not enough to win a war; it is more important to organize the peace.
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Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
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