It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken. Aristotle on life
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. Aristotle on life
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. Aristotle on life
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. Aristotle on life
The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. Aristotle on life
Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. Aristotle on love
For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first. Aristotle on love
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle on men
Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy. Aristotle on men
All men by nature desire knowledge. Aristotle on men
Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal. Aristotle on men
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves. Aristotle on men
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. Aristotle on men
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. Aristotle on men
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. Aristotle on men
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so. Aristotle on men
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. Aristotle on men
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle on men
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. Aristotle on men