Quotes from Aristotle
The life of money-making is one undertaken under compulsion, and wealth is evidently not the good we are seeking; for it is merely useful and for the sake of something else.
- Aristotle
Happiness does not lie in amusement; it would be strange if one were to take trouble and suffer hardship all one's life in order to amuse oneself
- Aristotle
and poverty is the parent of revolution and crime.
- Aristotle
Even that some people try deceived me many times ... I will not fail to believe that somewhere, someone deserves my trust.
- Aristotle
Even in adversity, nobility shines through, when a man endures repeated and severe misfortune with patience, not owing to insensibility but from generosity and greatness of soul.
- Aristotle
We should behave to our friends as we would wish our friends behave to us
- Aristotle
He is happy who lives in accordance with complete virtue and is sufficiently equipped with external goods, not for some chance period but throughout a complete life.
- Aristotle
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge.
- Aristotle
Nature does nothing in vain. Therefore, it is imperative for persons to act in accordance with their nature and develop their latent talents, in order to be content and complete.
- Aristotle
The beginning seems to be more than half of the whole.
- Aristotle
The greatest crimes are not those committed for the sake of necessity but those committed for the sake of superfluity. One does not become a tyrant to avoid exposure to the cold.
- Aristotle
Educating the head without educating the heart is no education at all.
- Aristotle