The hardest victory is the victory over self. Aristotle View this quote
Hence, in a constitutional government the fighting-men have the supreme power, and those who possess arms are the citizens. Aristotle
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Here and elsewhere we shall not obtain the best insight into things until we actually see them growing from the beginning. Aristotle
History describes what has happened, poetry what might. Hence poetry is something more philosophic and serious than history; for poetry speaks of what is universal, history of what is particular. Aristotle
However, it is not the same with the subject matter, but, generally speaking, that which is true and better is naturally always easier to prove and more likely to persuade. Aristotle
I say that habit’s but a long practice, friend, and this becomes men’s nature in the end. Aristotle
If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting. Aristotle
If, however, the poetic end might have been as well or better attained without sacrifice of technical correctness in such matters, the impossibility is not to be justified, since the description should be, if it can, entirely free from error. Aristotle
If, then, ‘substance’ is not attributed to anything, but other things are attributed to it, how does ‘substance’ mean what is rather than what is not? Aristotle
In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of the majority is supreme. Aristotle
In a race, the quickest runner can never overtake the slowest, since the pursuer must first reach the point whence the pursued started, so that the slower must always hold a lead. Aristotle
Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
383 - 321BC