All men by nature desire to know.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Desire Quotes, Mankind Quotes, Nature Quotes

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

We make war that we may live in peace.

We make war that we may live in peace.

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...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot,...

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.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be...

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

The end of labor is to gain leisure.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of...

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of...

All men by nature desire knowledge.

All men by nature desire knowledge.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

Wicked men obey from fear; good men, from love.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in...

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary...

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the...

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the...