Arystoteles Aristotle (Αριστοτέλης)

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well.

Przyzwyczajenie staje się poniekąd drugą naturą. Consuetudo est altera natura.

Mieć wielu przyjaciół, to nie mieć żadnego.

Rewolucje nie toczą się o drobiazgi. Rewolucje wszczyna się o drobiazgi.

There are some jobs in which it is impossible for a man to be virtuous.

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.

Just as at the Olympic games it is not the best-looking or the strongest men present that are crowned with wreaths, but the competitors (because it is from them that the winners come), so it is those who act that rightly win the honours and rewards in life.

The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.

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

Man is by nature a political animal.

The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.

Nature does nothing uselessly.

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

Anyone can become angry. That is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose and in the right way - that is not easy.

Change in all things is sweet.

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

Education is the best provision for old age.

Człowiek z zasadami musi bardziej dbać o prawdę niż o to, co ludzie myślą.

The high minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost.(Politics)

Liars when they speak the truth are not believed.

Man is by nature a political animal.

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

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.

Friendship is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

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

The whole is more than the sum of the parts

One swallow does not make a summer,neither does one fine day;similarly one day or brief time of happiness does not make a person entirely happy

What we learn to do,we learn by doing

Man by nature is a political animal

Tragedy ,then,is the imitation of an action that is serious,has magnitude,and is complete in itself...through incidents arousing pity and fear it effects a catharsis of these similar emotions

It is a mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.

A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

Wit is cultured insolence.

The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of the circumstances.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

Poezja jest bardziej filozoficzna niż historia, gdyż jej wypowiedzi mają charakter uniwersalny, podczas gdy wypowiedzi historyczne są incydentalne.

poetry is more philosophic than history, since its statements are of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars.

I count him braver who conquers his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victort is the victory over self.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.

Happiness is the highest good,being a realization and perfect practice of virtue which some can attain,while others have little or none of it.. . We are what we repeatedly do.Excellence,then,is not an act,but a habit

What we learn to do,we learn by doing

The least deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold

There was never a genius without a tincture of madness

No great genius is without an admixture of madness.

Nieszczęście ludzi brata.

Człowiek - stworzenie towarzyskie.

Człowiek jest z natury zwierzęciem politycznym.

The soul never thinks without a mental picture.

Celem sztuki nie jest reprezentowanie zewnętrznego wyglądu rzeczy, ale ich wewnętrznego znaczenia.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.

Ten prawdziwie wolnym, kto lęki swe pokonał.

He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.

Jedynym stabilnym państwem jest te, w którym wszyscy ludzie są równi wobec prawa.

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law.