Aristotle

Why is it that all those who have become eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, or the arts are clearly of an atrabilious temperament and some of them to such an extent as to be affected by diseases caused by black bile?

Aristotle

With respect to the requirement of art, the probable impossible is always preferable to the improbable possible.

Aristotle

With the truth, all given facts harmonize; but with what is false, the truth soon hits a wrong note.

Aristotle

Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.

Aristotle

Without friends, no one would want to live, even if he had all other goods.

Aristotle

Yes the truth is that men’s ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.

Aristotle