Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Quote by Aristotle

Topics: Life Quotes

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

Tragedy is an imitation of a whole and complete action of some amplitude. . ....

Wit is educated insolence.

Wit is educated insolence.

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.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

Friendship is essentially a partnership.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

We deliberate not about ends, but about means.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

Probable impossibilities are to be preferred to improbable possibilities.

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.

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...

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

The desire for friendship comes quickly. Friendship does not.

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my...

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Quality is not an act, it is a habit.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

Courage is a mean with regard to fear and confidence.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

We cannot ... prove geometrical truths by arithmetic.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit,...

The gods too are fond of a joke.

The gods too are fond of a joke.