Aristotle ( , Aristotélēs) (384 BC – 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great.
Anybody can become angry - that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way - that is not within everybody's power and is not easy. Use this quote
Bashfulness is an ornament to youth, but a reproach to old age. Use this quote
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. Use this quote
Education is the best provision for old age. Use this quote
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Use this quote
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well. Use this quote
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. Use this quote
Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Use this quote
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. Use this quote
Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference. Use this quote
