Aristotle Quotes

And further, observing that all this indeterminate substance is in motion, and that no true predication can be made of that which changes, they supposed that it is impossible to make any true statement about that which is in all ways and entirely changeable. For it was from this supposition that there blossomed forth the most extreme view of those which we have mentioned, that of the professed followers of Heraclitus, and such as Cratylus held, who ended by thinking that one need not say anything, and only moved his finger; and who criticized Heraclitus for saying that one cannot enter the same river twice, for he himself held that it cannot be done even once.

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal and equals that they may be superior.

It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.

The physician heals Nature makes well.

Happiness seems to require a modicum of external prosperity.

A true friend is one soul in two bodies.

Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies.

Art not only imitates nature but also completes its deficiencies.