Share
×
Inspirational Quotes
Authors
Professions
Topics
Tags
Quote
The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.
Aristotle
Share
Change background
T
T
T
Change font
Original
TAGS & TOPICS
Aristotle
Astronomer
Biologist
Cosmologist
Epistemologist
Ethicist
Geographer
Literary Critic
Logician
Mathematician
Philosopher
Stageira
Aristoteles
Aristotelis
Law
State
Fairness
Political
Stable
States
Witty
Men
Equality
Ethics
Equal
Justice
More quotes by Aristotle
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine ACTIONS than in the non-performance of base ones.
Aristotle
Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.
Aristotle
Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms.
Aristotle
We are what we do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
All human happiness and misery take the form of action.
Aristotle
We are what we repeatedly do.
Aristotle
Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
Aristotle
Bravery is a mean state concerned with things that inspire confidence and with things fearful ... and leading us to choose danger and to face it, either because to do so is noble, or because not to do so is base. But to court death as an escape from poverty, or from love, or from some grievous pain, is no proof of bravery, but rather of cowardice.
Aristotle
All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.
Aristotle
Excellence is never an accident. It is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, and intelligent execution it represents the wise choice of many alternatives - choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
Aristotle
Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.
Aristotle
We do not know a truth without knowing its cause.
Aristotle
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.
Aristotle
It is impossible, or not easy, to alter by argument what has long been absorbed by habit
Aristotle
It is well to be up before daybreak, for such habits contribute to health, wealth, and wisdom.
Aristotle
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
Aristotle
Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.
Aristotle
Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle
He is courageous who endures and fears the right thing, for the right motive, in the right way and at the right times.
Aristotle
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
Aristotle
