"Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age."
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Aristotle
51 quotes
Quotes by Aristotle
"The gods too are fond of a joke."
"What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies."
"Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence."
"Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully."
"Wit is educated insolence."
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."
"youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope."
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."
"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."
"It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light."
"To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man."
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."
"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."
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."
"Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well."
"The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think."
"Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular."
"A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side."
"Happiness depends upon ourselves."