Aristotle Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

159 Famous Quotes by Aristotle
“Learning is not child's play; we cannot learn without pain”
Learning Quotes
“We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace”
Leisure Quotes
“Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty”
Liberty Quotes
“Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.”
Mankind Quotes
“Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.”
Mathematics Quotes
“The mathematical sciences particularly exhibit order, symmetry, and limitation; and these are the greatest forms of the beautiful.”
Mathematics Quotes
“It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.”
Maxim Quotes
“The search for truth is in one way hard and in another way easy, for it is evident that no one can master it fully or miss it wholly. But each adds a little to our knowledge of nature, and from all the facts assembled there arises a certain grandeur.”
Nature Quotes
“It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.”
Opinions Quotes
“Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.”
Performance Quotes
“Philosophy is the science which considers truth”
Philosophy Quotes
“Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.”
Poetry Quotes
“It is more difficult to organize a peace than to win a war; but the fruits of victory will be lost if the peace is not organized.”
Politics Quotes
“The mother of revolution and crime is poverty”
Poverty Quotes
“Madness is badness of spirit, when one seeks profit from all sources”
Profit Quotes
“The quality of life is determined by its activities.”
Quality Quotes
“Philosophy is the science which considers truth”
Science Quotes
“The secret to humor is surprise.”
Secrets Quotes
“Sharing is loving.”
Sharing Quotes
“Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
Soul Quotes
“The secret to humor is surprise.”
Surprises Quotes
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
Tolerance Quotes
“Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.”
Understanding Quotes
“The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons”
Virtue Quotes
“All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.”
Virtue Quotes