For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all. Aristotle on nature
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit. Aristotle on nature
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle on nature
He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is a slave by nature. Aristotle on nature
We make war that we may live in peace. Aristotle on peace
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular. Aristotle on poetry
Hence poetry is something more philosophic and of graver import than history, since its statements are rather of the nature of universals, whereas those of history are singulars. Aristotle on poetry
Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. Aristotle on politics
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. Aristotle on politics
Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. Aristotle on politics
What it lies in our power to do, it lies in our power not to do. Aristotle on power