- We give up leisure in order that we may have leisure, just as we go to war in order that we may have peace
- The whole is more than the sum of its parts
- The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance
- Democracy arose from men's thinking that if they are equal in any respect, they are equal absolutely
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self
- Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come
- 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
- Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully
- It is better to rise from life as from a banquet -- neither thirsty nor drunken
- Change in all things is sweet
- Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but, when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all
- No great genius is without an admixture of madness
- The best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake
- The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal
- Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber
- Youth is easily deceived because it is quick to hope
- Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law
- Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind
- Well begun is half done
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire
- It concerns us to know the purposes we seek in life, for then, like archers aiming at a definite mark, we shall be more likely to attain what we want
- Beauty depends on size as well as symmetry. No very small animal can be beautiful, for looking at it takes so small a portion of time that the impression of it will be confused. Nor can any very large one, for a whole view of it cannot be had at once, and so there will be no unity and completeness
- Beauty is the gift of God
And my personal favourite, jeng..jeng..jeng.. "All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind"-ouch.
-Aristotle
