We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Truth Quotes

He who hath many friends hath none.

He who hath many friends hath none.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young...

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.

Society punishes rebels; nature kills them

Society punishes rebels; nature kills them

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.

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

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

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

The appropriate age for marriage is around eighteen for girls and thirty-seven for men.

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

Strange that the vanity which accompanies beauty - excusable, perhaps, when there is such great...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the...

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life...

A friend to all is a friend to none.

A friend to all is a friend to none.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age.

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

The state is a creation of nature and man is by nature a political animal.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

No excellent soul is exempt from a mixture of madness.

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor...

Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Hope is the dream of a waking man.