Aristotle Quotes

And further, observing that all this indeterminate substance is in motion, and that no true predication can be made of that which changes, they supposed that it is impossible to make any true statement about that which is in all ways and entirely changeable. For it was from this supposition that there blossomed forth the most extreme view of those which we have mentioned, that of the professed followers of Heraclitus, and such as Cratylus held, who ended by thinking that one need not say anything, and only moved his finger; and who criticized Heraclitus for saying that one cannot enter the same river twice, for he himself held that it cannot be done even once.

To amuse oneself in order that one may exert oneself, as Anacharsis puts it, seems right; for amusement is a sort of relaxation, and we need relaxation because we cannot work continuously.

Melancholy men are of all others the most witty.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Shame is an ornament to the young a disgrace to the old.

I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies the hardest victory is the victory over self.

What lies in our power to do it lies in our power not to do.

Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means and so make for themselves different modes of life.